Planets
Rocky Objects
Solar Systems, Universes, and Galaxies
Miscellaneous
Comparing Objects
100
What is the biggest planet?
What is Jupiter?
100
What is a meteorite?
What is a small rock that has hit the Earth?
100
What galaxy are we in?
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
100
What is a star made out of?
What is burning hydrogen and helium gas?
100
What is the difference between a planet and a moon?
One orbits a star and the other orbits a planet. Both can be rocky, but only a planet can be gas. A planet is much larger.
200
What are the planets, in order from the Sun?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
200
What is a moon?
What is a rocky object in orbit around a planet?
200
What is a Solar System?
What is a group of planets orbiting around a star?
200
What is a black hole?
What is a collapsed star that pulls all light in?
200
What makes a star different from any other object in the Solar System?
A star is burning gas and produces its own light.
300
Is Pluto a planet? Why or why not?
No, it is a dwarf planet because it is too small.
300
What is the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid?
A meteor is moving through the Earth's atmosphere, a meteorite has landed on Earth, and a meteoroid is travelling through space.
300
Fill in the blanks: We have one __________ that contains many _____________, which are made up of _______________, each with a central star.
What is universe, galaxies, and solar systems?
300
List two ways that diagrams of the Solar System are often inaccurate.
They show planets in a straight line instead of spread out in orbit and the planet sizes and distances are often not to scale.
300
Compare and contrast Jupiter and Earth. List 1 similarity and 2 differences.
(Many possible answers)
400
What are the terrestrial planets?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
400
Which rocky object has a hazy tail due to the ice found on it?
What is a comet?
400
How many Solar Systems have we found in our Galaxy?
What is 500?
400
This celestial object can only be seen every 75 years.
What is Halley's Comet?
400
What are the differences between the inner and outer planets? You must have at least 3!
Inner planets are warmer, smaller, and made of rock. Outer planets are colder, larger, and made of gas.
500
Which planet has the most moons? How many does it have? Which planet has the fewest moons? How many does it have?
What is Jupiter (67) and Mercury or Venus (0)
500
Which of the following objects are in orbit around the Sun: asteroid, comet, meteor, planet, moon?
What is asteroid, comet, and planet?
500
How many stars are there in our galaxy, as far as we know?
What is 200 billion?
500
What is a nebula?
What is an interstellar cloud of gas and dust, which may clump together to form stars?
500
What is the difference between asteroids, comets, and meteors?
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