History & Space Rocks
According to the geocentric model, this is at the center of the solar system.
What is the Earth
A light year is a measure of this.
What is distance?
When the moon is positioned between the sun and Earth, it is called this.
What is the New Moon?
This planet is the only known planet to support life.
What is Earth?
This planet is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
According to the heliocentric model, this is at the center of the solar system.
What is the sun?
This is all matter that exists in space.
What is the Universe?
When the Earth is positioned between the moon and sun, it is called this.
This planet is the hottest planet due to its thick, toxic atmosphere, mostly made of carbon dioxide.
What is Venus?
This plant's axis is so tilted that it appears to rotate on its side.
What is Uranus?
These are made of ice and small rocks and originate in the Kuiper Belt.
What are comets?
This is a star or two and all object that orbit it.
What is a Solar System?
After the full moon, when the moon is making it way towards the last quarter, it is in this phase.
What is the Waning Gibbous Phase?
This planet is home to the largest volcano system in our solar system.
What is Mars?
This planet is the furthest from the sun and is the densest of the gas giants.
What is Neptune?
This is a meteor that has survived the passage through the atmosphere and has made contact with Earth's surface.
What is a mateorite?
If you were to measure the distance from the sun to Jupiter you would use this unit.
What is an Astronomical Unit (AU)?
When the moon is moving towards the first quarter, it is in this phase.
What is the Waxing Crescent Phase?
This planet is the only one in our solar system that does not have an atmosphere.
What is Mercury?
This planet has a density that is less than water.
What is Saturn?
This invention made by Galileo Galilei helped to provide evidence of a heliocentric model of our solar system.
What is the telescope?
If you were to measure the distance from the Milky Way to the Andromeda Galaxy, you would use this unit.
What is a light year?
This is what causes the moon phases.
What is the moon's revolution around Earth?
This is the band of celestial objects that lies between Mars and Jupiter; You can find Ceres here.
What is the Asteroid Belt?
This is the band of celestial objects that lies beyond Neptune; You can find Pluto and comets here.
What is the Kuiper Belt?