Planets
The planet known as the "red planet"
What is Mars
What is a natural satellite?
What is a moon.
Why do astronauts float in space?
what is Lack of gravity.
Why does the Earth have seasons?
What is Because the Earth's axis is tilted as it revolves around the Sun.
How many dwarf planets are officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as of 2026?
Five (Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris).
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
What is Jupiter
Large chunks of ice, dust, gasses, and rock that orbit the sun.
what is a comet.
What object has the biggest gravitational pull in our solar system?
what is the sun
What protects the Earth from harmful UV rays, radiation, and meteors?
What is the atmosphere
What is the one thing a "regular" planet does that a dwarf planet cannot do?
What is A dwarf planet has not cleared its orbit of other debris and objects.
What are the inner and out planets refered to as?
what is terrestrial planets and gas giants.
What does an astronaut need in space that they can't get easily?
what is Air/oxygen, water, food
If you traveled to the Moon, which of these would change: your mass or your weight?
what is your weight.
Why is the Moon visible to us even though it doesn’t produce its own light?
what is It reflects light from the Sun.
What year was Pluto demoted from planet to dwarf planet?
what is 2006
Which planet is the hottest in our solar system, even though it isn't the closest to the Sun?
what is Venus (due to its thick atmosphere)
What is the name of the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
what is Gravity.
Why do you weigh less on the moon than on Earth?
What is because the moon is smaller and therefore its gravity is weaker.
Does the Earth emit or reflect light?
What is reflect
What are the three requirements for an object to be called a planet (that dwarf planets only partially meet)?
It must orbit the Sun, be nearly round in shape, and have cleared its neighboring region of other objects.
What feature separates the inner rocky planets from the outer gas giants?
what is The Asteroid Belt.
What are the main reasons space exploration is controversial?
What is cost, safety, and resources/time
What prevents the moon from flying off into space?
What is gravity from the Earth.
Saturn has the most moons in our solar system. What is its biggest moon called?
what is Titan
Which dwarf planet is the only one located in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter?
what is Ceres