The surface of the moon is covered with these dark areas.
What are maria?
100
A star that experiences a very large explosion
What is a supernova
100
One unique characteristic of the Earth
What is the amount of water it has?
What is it's protective atmosphere?
What is its ability to sustain human life?
100
Two ways that planets move in space
What is rotate and revolve?
200
A piece of space debris that burns up in the earth's atmosphere and never makes it to the ground.
What is a meteor?
200
These can explore areas in space where humans can't go.
What are probes
200
A piece of space debris that makes it through Earth's atmosphere and hits the ground.
What is a meteorite
200
One unique feature of Mercury
What is it is the closet to the sun?
Other correct unique features will be accepted.
200
Three tools used to study space
What are telescopes, space probes, and manned space vehicles.
300
A ball of ICE and dust that orbits the sun.
What is a comet
300
A star that has exploded and collapsed in on itself
What is a black hole
300
This occurs when one heavenly body blocks the light from another heavenly body.
What is an eclipse
300
One unique feature of Venus
What is its toxic, heavy atmosphere?
Other correct features will be accepted.
300
The purpose of the Apollo missions
What is to get an American man on the moon. (no Russians, please.)
400
A large cloud of gas and dust in space
What is a nebula
400
The visible surface of the sun
What is the photosphere
400
Anything that has a regular orbit around a planet
What is a satellite
400
One unique feature of Jupiter
What is it is the largest planet?
What is it is the first of the Jovian planets?
What is that it has many many moons?
other correct features will be accepted.
400
Why was the space shuttle developed?
What is to be a reusable space vehicle
500
Heated plasma that extends from the surface of teh sun to 6200 miles out
What is the Chromosphere
500
The visible surface of the sun
What is Photosphere
500
The outermost part of the sun's atmosphere
What is the Corona
500
One unique feature of Neptune
What is it is the last of the jovian planets?
What is it is the last of the 'official' planets in the solar system?
What is it has rings, too?
other correct features will be accepted.
500
Three purposes of a space suit
What is to protect from extreme temperatures, to protect from space debris and to provide oxygen. Other correct answers will be accepted.