Planets
Technology
Seasons and Shadows
Moon
Constellations
100
This planet has a giant storm on its surface.
What is Jupiter
100
The European Extremely Large Telescope is the largest telescope in the world and is found in what country?
What is Chile.
100
This time of day forms the shortest shadow.
What is noon.
100
This occurs when the moon moves directly between the earth and the sun.
What is a lunar eclipse.
100
This constellation has the big dipper inside of it.
What is Ursa Major
200
This planet is the smallest planet and it is full of craters.
What is Mercury.
200
What problem did the Hubble Space Telescope have at first?
What is the mirror was too flat so it took blurry pictures.
200
This is used to tell the time using the sun.
What is a sundial.
200
This is when the moon appears to be getting smaller.
What is waning.
200
The star that doesn't move and is also known as the North Star.
What is Polaris.
300
The methane in this planets atmosphere absorbs red light to make it blue.
What is Neptune.
300
Many countries are involved in the International Space Station. Name at least 3.
What is Russia, Japan, USA, Canada, etc.
300
In what season is the arctic fully without the sun?
What is Winter
300
This is when the moon appears to be getting larger.
What is waxing.
300
Other than the sun, this is the brightest star we seen from earth with our naked eye.
What is Sirius.
400
This planet goes around its orbit for 687 days. Almost double that of Earth.
What is Mars.
400
What is the name of the probe that travels around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko?
What is Rosetta.
400
This means that day and night are equal length.
What is Equinox.
400
When the total sunlit part of the moon is facing earth.
What is full moon.
400
One of these constellations dominates the winter sky while the other dominates the summer sky.
What is the Orion and Scorpius constellations.
500
It contains billions of stars that are held together by a gravitational pull.
What is a galaxy (Milky Way Galaxy)
500
Name a Canadian Commander of the International Space Station.
What is Chris Hadfield.
500
On these two days, the days are the shortest and the longest.
What is Winter and Summer Solstice.
500
When the moon appears to be more than half.
What is a Gibbous moon.
500
Name three other constellations in the night sky.
What is Leo, Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Canis Major, etc.
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