Sun & Planets
What is the HOTTEST planet?
Venus
What is the FIRST moon phase?
New Moon
What shadow is the Total Eclipse in?
Umbra
Their are ___ Dwarf Planets.
5
A meteor is able to survive the intensity of passing through the atmosphere and actually reach earths surface, we would call that body a...
Meteorite
What is the BIGGEST planet?
Jupiter
A young star is called a...
Protostar
What phase does a Solar Eclipse happen?
New Moon
The closest dwarf planet to the sun is...
Ceres
Short Period Comets are bodies whose orbital period is more than 200 years.
T or F
False
Celestial bodies that orbit around our sun are called...
Planets
Stars create their own light
T or F
True
Name the 3 different types of Lunar Eclipses.
Penumbra, Antumbra, and Umbra
The largest body that is classified as a dwarf planet is...
Pluto
Who was the first team to ever orbit the moon?
Apollo 8
What is the seventh planet from the Sun?
Uranus
A star forms in what type of cloud?
Molecular Cloud
Name the 4 different types of Solar Eclipses.
Partial, Annular, Total, and Hybrid
The ONLY dwarf planet that does NOT have a natural satellite is called...
Makemake
The Soviet Union never beat the U.S.A to space in 1957.
T or F
False
What is the location of the Sun in our Solar System?
The center of the Solar System
Smaller
If a Solar Eclipse happens near the same time as apogee, it causes an ____ eclipse.
Annular
The most irregularly shaped dwarf planet is called...
Haumea
Sometimes during our orbit, Earth passes through a place in space that is dense with asteroids and meteoroids. What is this type of event called?
Meteor Shower