Planets
Stars
Moon
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
This planet is nicknamed the "red planet"
What is Mars?
100
Stars are made of dust and this
What is gas?
100
During this phase, we can't see it
What is new moon?
100
A closed path one object follows around another
What is an orbit?
100
The imaginary straight line on which an object rotates?
What is an axis?
200
Earth's magnetic field protects us from this
What is a solar flare?
200
Stars found in pairs are called this
What are binary stars?
200
Our lunar cycle lasts this long
What is about a month?
200
The scientific name for the study of stars
What is astronomy?
200
This is responsible for day and night
What is rotation?
300
Saturn's rings are made of this
What is space trash / junk?
300
The color of the coolest (temperature!) star
What is red?
300
The direction the moon revolves around Earth
What is counter-clockwise?
300
Stars, gas and dust held together by gravity
What is a galaxy?
300
The name of a planet that is too small to be a planet
What is a dwarf planet?
400
This separates the inner planets from the outer planets
What is the asteroid belt?
400
A cloud of gas is called this
What is a nebula?
400
The amount of moons Mars has
What is two?
400
The distance a ray of light would travel in one year
What is a light year?
400
This forms when a star collapses
What is a black hole?
500
This planet has a red spot
What is Jupiter?
500
The approximate amount of times the Earth can fit into the sun ***Daily Double***
What is about one million
500
I am the first person to set foot on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
500
93 million miles, the distance from the sun to earth
What is an A.U. (astronomical unit)
500
The name of our galaxy. Name all the planets in order!
What is The Milky Way M, V, E, M, J, S, U, N
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