Celestial Bodies
This planet is known for its signature rings.
Saturn
When the universe began.
14 billion years ago
The first gas giant of the solar system.
Jupiter
This force was responsible for keeping all celestial bodies in orbit.
Gravity
The closest planet to the sun.
Mercury
This planet is roughly the same size as Earth.
Venus
We are part of which Galaxy?
Milky Way
This category of planets are known for having shorter years.
Inner planets (or terrestrial planets)
The amount of time it takes the Moon to orbit Earth.
Around 27 days
The time it takes for the planet to do one full orbit around the sun is called this.
Revolution
A small rock that enters earth's atmosphere and begins to burn up due to friction.
Meteor
Galileo Galilei
The main reason why outer planets have such low temperatures.
The moon phase when the it is fully lit and visible from Earth.
Full moon
Two of the gas giant planets.
Jupiter, Saturn (Uranus/Neptune are ice giants)
This type of eclipse occurs when the full moon passes through the umbra portion of the Earth's shadow so the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.
Lunar Eclipse
The Big Bang Theory is supported due to this fact.
The universe is continually expanding.
The one planetary criteria that Pluto fails, thus demoting it to dwarf planet status.
Not big enough to clear its orbital path from debris
The process of a solar eclipse.
When the moon's shadow falls on the Earth's surface due to the moon being between the Sun and the Earth.
If the Sun were suddenly to disappear,
it would take this long for Earth to notice?
8 minutes
The four parts that make up the Sun's atmosphere.
Photosphere, Chromosphere, Transitional Zone, Corona
The name of the origin theory developed through religious beliefs based on a divine being.
Creationist View
The hottest planet in the solar system.
Venus
(don't worry, this is a fun fact - not a quiz item!)
The distance between Earth and the Moon
384,000 kms
The unit used to best measure distances between stars.
Light-years