Planets!
This planet is the third rock from the Sun. It has a large amount of water on its surface and is the only planet currently with conditions that sustain life as we know it.
What is Earth?
In total, we have eight planets in our solar system, but we only have one ____, which is our sun.
What are stars?
These are large bodies that orbit stars!
What are planets?
Most notable for it's ring, this planet is the sixth one away from the sun and the second largest in our solar system.
What is Saturn?
Small and recently re-classified as a dwarf planet, this is the littlest planet found furthest out in our solar system.
What is Pluto?
This fortress orbiting the earth is where many astronauts and researchers live. It was built by the efforts combined by many countries around the world and often has space shuttles dock with it to drop off supplies and exchange crew members.
What is the International Space Station?
This is a small, rocky, and sometimes metallic object that can often be found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter - or in the Keiper Belt
What is an asteroid?
This is the largest planet in the solar system and has the Great Red Spot.
What is Jupiter?
It takes this many days to travel (orbit) around the sun.
What is 365 days?
This is a chunk of matter that enters our atmosphere and is heated by friction with the air to the point of burning up as it falls towards the Earth. It is sometimes referred to as a "shooting star."
What is a meteor?
This object is often referred to as the natural satellite of the Earth, since it orbits our planet and can be viewed throughout it's many phases.
What is the moon?
This is the innermost part of the sun where it's energy is generated.
What is the core?
When a star collapses in on itself, it can either form a neutron star or this, which lets nothing escape it.
What is a black hole?
These are the two rovers launched from Florida that are currently exploring and observing the surface of Mars.
What are Curiosity and Perseverance?
This is a non-contact force that acts on objects. If two objects are placed in space, they will be drawn towards each other by this force.
What is gravity?
This "ice giant" is the 8th planet from the Sun, and is largely colored blue.
Fun fact: it has at least five rings.
What is Neptune?
The sun's rays strike Earth most directly along this imaginary line around Earth.
What is the equator?
The event of a star collapsing in on itself.
What is a supernova?
This is the telescope launched after Hubble that has already discovered lots of information about the early universe.
What is the James Webb Telescope?
This is a large rotating cloud of dust and hydrogen gas where stars are born.
What is a nebula?