Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Galaxies & Stars
Stars
Misc.
100
A heavily cratered inner planet with no atmosphere
What is Mercury
100
The largest planet in our solar system
What is Jupiter
100
What color is the hottest star? and What color is the coolest?
What is blue, and Red
100
Define Star
What is a large celestial body made of of gas that emits light
100
Define a light-year
What is the distance light travels in one year
200
Name the 2 planets with no moons
What is Mercury and Venus
200
Planet with the most number of moons
What is Jupiter
200
An apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations. This is used to measure distances from earth to nearby stars
What is parallax
200
Most common element in stars...and name two other elements found in stars
What is hydrogen, O, C, N, He
200
Where are most stars located on the HR Diagram?
What is the Main sequence
300
On What planet is Olympus Mons?
What is Mars
300
Named after the God of the Sea
What is Neptune
300
Name the 3 types of galaxies
What is spiral, elliptical, irregular galaxies
300
Another name for the North Star, why doesn't it move in our sky
What is Polaris, it's on the same axial tilt
300
Name the two planets with raging storms on it and Name the storms
What is Jupiter and Neptune, Big Red Spot, Great dark Spot
400
The only planet with liquid on its surface
What is Earth
400
The densest planet in our solar system
What is Saturn
400
Stars moving toward the Earth are slightly shifted towards the ____________ shift of the spectrum.
What is blue
400
Tell me the whole life cycle of our sun or a similar star in mass
What is nebula, protostar, sun or main sequence, red giant, planetary nebula, white dwarf
400
Define Apparent Motion of Stars
From the earth it looks as though the stars are moving but in reality we are moving.
500
what is Olympus Mons
What is the largest volcano in the solar system on Mars
500
Has the most unusual Orbit because of its axial tilt it rotates on its side
What is Uranus
500
what is the Size of our galaxy the milky wa in light years
What is 100,000 light years
500
Name the 3 types of Actual motion of Stars
What is 1) Revolve on an axis, 2) Move around eachother 3) Move toward or Away Solar system
500
What is the Acronymn on how to remember the stars in order of classification from hottest to coolest?
What is Oh be a fine girl kiss me
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