Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
Lives of Stars
Phases, Eclipses and Tides
The Sun
The Inner Planets
100
Made of chunks, ice and dust
What is a comet
100
The earliest stage of a stars life
What is a protostar
100
Earths closest neighbor
What is the moon
100
The name of the middle of the Sun
What is the core
100
This is the most commen nickname for the planet Mars
What is the "red planet"
200
The end of a comet
What is the tail
200
The explosion of a dying giant or supergiant star
What is supernova
200
You see half of the lighted side of the moon
What is First Quarter moon
200
Explosions on the Sun
What is solar flares
200
The only planet known to have life and water on it
What is Earth
300
When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere
What is meteor
300
How long a star lives depends on it's _______
What is mass
300
The moon rotates slowly on its own ____ every 27.3 days
What is axis
300
huge looping mass of gas seen above the chromosphere
What is a Prominence
300
The TWO planets with rings
What is Saturn and Uranus
400
revolves around the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
What is asteroids
400
White dwarf when it dies becomes a ______
What is a black dwarf
400
When most of the moon is full
What is a Waxing Gibbous
400
The corona sends out electrically charged particles called __________
What is solar wind
400
The smallest planet
What is Mercury
500
Makes up a comets head
What is Coma and Necleus
500
A star is born when the contracting gas and dust become so hot that ________ starts
What is nuclear fusion
500
When the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon a _______ occurs
What is an eclipse
500
Areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the gases around them that gives them a dark color
What is sunspots
500
The single probe that took a picture of only half of Mercury
What is Mariner 10
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