This is the closest STAR to Earth.
Choices: Moon, Justin Bieber, or the Sun
What is the Sun.
Fact: The Sun is 93 million miles from Earth.
100
A star begins as this............, a huge cloud of gas and dust in space.
Choices: Kiwi, nebula, or the Sun
What is a nebula
100
The Sun consists of many layers of ...........
choices: liguid, burning gases, or vanilla cake
What is burning gases.
Fact: These gases create intensely bright light.
100
This is the closest planet to the Sun.
What is Mercury.
100
This planet was named for the Greek god of the sky and is the seventh planet from the Sun.
Choices: Venus, the Moon, or Uranus
What is Uranus.
200
A star's brightness is called this.......
choices: yellow, glow, or magnitude
What is magnitude.
200
This star is a mass of hot burning gases, mostly hydrogen and helium.
Choices: Pluto, the Moon, or the Sun
What is the Sun.
200
The center of the sun is called the...........
choices: core, crust, or volcano
What is the core.
Fact: The Thermonuclear reactions in the core create the Sun's light and heat.
200
This is the second planet from the Sun.
choices: Mercury, Venus or Earth
What is Venus.
200
This little guy used to be a planet, however, in 2006 was changed to a dwarf planet.
What is Pluto
Fact: Due to its small size, Pluto is unable to clear the area around its orbit. Size does matter.!
300
How bright a star appears when viewed from Earth is called...........
Choices: Absolute Magnitude, Apparent magnitude, or brightest
What is Apparent magnitude.
300
This is an exploding star that is extremely bright then eventually fades.
Choices: Supergiant or Supernova
What is a supernova.
300
The movement of energy from the hot core toward the cooler outer areas is called this...........
choices: helium or radiation
What is radiation.
300
This planet is sometimes called the red planet.
What is Mars.
Fact: This is because of the orangish-red appearance of its surface when the planet is viewed through a telescope.
300
This planet is made up of liquid and gas. It also has an area of clouds known as the Great Red Spot.
Choices: Pluto or Jupiter
What is Jupiter.
Fact: The planets atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen and helium and is quite stormy.
400
The color of a star indicates the temperature of its surface gases. The HOTTEST stars are this color.........
choices: Yellow, Blue, or green
What is blue.
400
This star is vital to life on Earth.
What is the Sun
400
These are dark patches that appear on the sun.
choices: moles, freckles, or sunspots
What are sunspots.
Fact: They are created by storms of gasses that carry electrically charged particles. The average life of a sunspot is 2 weeks.
400
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
choices: Earth, Pluto, or Jupiter
What is Jupiter.
Fact: Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth, and over 1,200 Earths could fit inside the huge planet.
400
This planet has two small satellites (moons) which were named for companions of the mythological character Mars.
Choices: Phobos and Deimos, or Athos and Greekos
What is Phobos and Deimos
Fact: Phobos means Fear
Deimos means Panic
500
How bright a star would appear if it were located a set distance from Earth is said to be this.....................
Choices: Apparent magnitude or Absolute magnitude
What is Absolute magnitude.
Fact: A star's size and proximity to Earth, as well as the amount of light energy it sends out, determine its brightness.
500
The Sun is constantly in motion. It rotates about once every----------choices: 5 days, 15days, or 25 days.
What is 25 days.
500
A sunspot has two parts that are called .............
choices: Docherty & VanBrunt, Umbra & Penumbra, or
Tom & Jerry
What is the umbra and the penumbra.
Fact: The umbra is the inner part and the penumbra is the outer part. The penumbra is hotter and brighter than the umbra.
500
This planet is known for its system of rings.
What is Saturn.
Fact: Rings are not the only things traveling around this large planet, it also has at least 52 moons.
500
Long ago, people believed that this planet was the center of the solar system.