Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Our solar system
Asteroids, Meteors, Comets
Space Exploration and other Stuff
100
This inner planet is the only planet that supports life
What is Earth?
100
This outer planet is considered to have the most beautiful rings
What is Saturn?
100
These are the three possible endings of a star
What are: supernova, black hole, black dwarf?
100
Comets appear to have tail because...
What is because they burn as they get closer to the sun?
100
Name the planet that has been explored by rovers
What is Mars?
200
This inner planet is considered to have very extreme temperatures
What is Mercury?
200
This outer planet is known for its large red spot
What is Jupiter?
200
Define geyser
What are hot vapour springs that erupt from a planets surface?
200
Describe the location of the asteroid and Kuiper belts
What is the asteroid belt is located in between Mars and Jupiter, and the Kuiper belt is located in between Neptune and Pluto?
200
Name the of the telescope that takes pictures of the Earth's atmosphere
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
300
This inner planet is the brightest planet in our sky
What is Venus?
300
This outer planet is made of mainly ice and gas, and it considered to be Uranus' twin
What is Neptune?
300
Define light year
What is a unit of measurement that measures the distance light travels in space?
300
Define meteor
What is an asteroid that has fallen out of the asteroid belt that is flying in the Earth's atmosphere?
300
Name the project that has sent spacecraft to Pluto to take pictures and learn more about this far away planet
What is the New Horizons Project?
400
This inner planet is know as the red planet because of the rust in its soil, and has been recently explored by Rovers
What is Mars?
400
This outer planet rotates on its side
What is Uranus?
400
Define constellation and name the 2 main ones in the sky
What are patterns of stars in the sky, Little Dipper and Big Dipper?
400
Define meteorite
What is a meteor that has landed on the Earth's surface?
400
Describe a lunar eclipse
What is when the Earth casts a shadow on the moon?
500
All inner planets have these 4 things in common
What is: they are terrestrial (made of rock), heavier, move slower, and have little or no moons?
500
These 4 things are common of all outer planets
What is: they are all Jovian (gas), are faster, lighter, and have many moons?
500
Define black hole
What is when a star collapses in on itself, it is so dense that not even light can escape
500
Name the comet that appears near Earth approximately every 76 years
What is Hailey's comet?
500
Define waxing and waning
What is waxing is getting larger or growing, and waning is shrinking or getting smaller?
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