Cosmic Choices
Planet Matchup
Fact or Space Fiction
Sky Detectives
Space Facts Showdown
100

The innermost section of the sun is called the ____?

a. corona
b. chromosphere
c. core
d. photosphere

c. core

100

The "red planet"

Mars

100

78% of the air is the gas oxygen.

False, nitrogen

100

What is constellation 3

Orion

100
The light of the moon comes from ______?

The sun

200

The sun is __________ miles form the earth.
a. 9,300
b. 93,000,000
c. 93,000
d. 93,000,000,000

c. 93,000

200

Earth's twin planet, the brightest planet in the sky

Venus

200

The layer in the stratosphere that helps protect the earth from ultraviolet rays is the ozone layer. 

True. 

200

What is Moon phase E?

Full moon

200

When the moon is gibbous it is ______?
a. growing larger
b. growing smaller
c. causing an eclipse
d. bulging

d. bulging

300

The surface layer of the sun which is visible to our eyes is called the _____?
a. photosphere
b. chromosphere
c. core
d. corona

a. photosphere

300

the planet that appears royal blue and has a moon named Triton

Neptune

300

The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth is the stratosphere.

False, troposphere

300

What is constellation 5

Great Bear

300

If the moon is on the same level as the sun, it blocks out the sun's light and ________?
a. a solar eclipse occurs
b. a lunar eclipse occurs
c. the moon waxes
d. the moon wanes

a. a solar eclipse occurs

400

The atmosphere of the sun is called the ______?
a. monochromator
b. corona
c. photosphere
d. chromosphere

d. chromosphere

400

The largest planet in the solar system with the Great Red Spot

Jupiter

400
The air in the two upper layers of the atmosphere is said to be rarefied because there are very few air molecules. ​​​​

True. 

400

What is moon phase C

First quarter

400

Darker areas on the outer surface of the sun are called____?
a. solar flares
b. sunspheres
c. sun spots
d. photons

c. sun spots

500
The vapor blanket surrounding the sun, which is visible only during a total eclipse, is called the_______?

a. choromosphere
b. corona
c. monochromator
d. photosphere

b. corona

500

The planet discovered by Sir William Herschel and is tipped over on its side

Uranus

500

The entire earth is surrounded by an electric field that protects the earth from harmful space particles.

False, Magnetic field

500

What is moon phase F or D?

Gibbous

500

When the moon travels through the earth's shadow, _____?
a. the moon wanes
b. the moon waxes
c. a lunar eclipse occurs
d. a solar eclipse occurs

c. a lunar eclipse occurs

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