Planets
How many planets are in the solar system?
8
A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed is...
Solar Nebula
What type of eclipse happens when the order looks like this:
Sun - Moon - Earth
Solar Eclipse
What is Miss. Stephens favorite color?
Blue
The third planet from the sun is...
Earth
A disk of gas and dust orbiting a newly formed star, from which planets may eventually form is...
Protoplanetary Disk
What type of eclipse happens when the order looks like this:
Sun - Earth - Moon
Lunar Eclipse
Who is Miss. Stephens' best friend?
Miss. G
What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
An apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations is...
Parallax
When the United States is experiencing Summer, what is Australia experiencing?
Winter
What is Miss. Stephens' girlfriend's name?
Jennifer/Jenn/Soup
Name 2 gas giants...
Possible Answers:
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
A small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun is...
Comet
What is the reason for the seasons?
The tilt of the Earth
What was Miss. Stephens favorite unit in science?
Chemistry
Which planets are out of order here:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Jupiter and Mars
The average distance between Earth and the sun; approximately 93 million miles is...
(symbol: AU)
Astronomical Unit
True or False:
The Earth is the only planet to experience seasons.
False
What is Miss. Stephens' favorite animal?
Seal