Objects in Space
These objects produce and give off their own heat and light.
What are stars?
This planet is the closest planet to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
Fifth from the Sun, this is the largest planet. It is best known for its beautiful colours and Great Red Spot.
What is Jupiter?
This is the centre of our solar system with eight planets revolving around it.
What is the Sun?
This is how long it takes Earth to orbit the Sun.
What is 365 days?
This body travels around Earth. It is known as Earth's satellite.
What is the moon?
This planet is best known for the beautiful system of rings that encircle it.
What is Saturn?
This planet lies on its side, unlike the other planets. It is greenish in colour, has 9 faint rings, and 5 moons orbiting it.
What is Uranus?
This planet is a blue ice giant and is four times wider than Earth.
What is Neptune?
Once considered a planet, scientists now call it a "dwarf planet".
What is Pluto?
These are patterns of stars in the sky that seem to be in the shape of pictures.
What are constellations?
This planet has the most moons, (146).
What is Saturn?
This planet is called the Red planet because of the iron in its soil that makes the surface and atmosphere look red.
What is Mars?
This is the study of outer space.
What is astronomy?
This is how long it takes the moon to orbit Earth.
What is 24 hours?
What are asteroids?
Which planet was the first to be seen with a telescope, (since many others could be seen with the human eye)?
What is Uranus?
Called the morning or evening star, this planet appears in the sky just after sunset and before sunrise.
What is Venus?
What is the name of the largest moon in our solar system?
What is Titan?
This is the galaxy in which we live?
What is the Milky Way?
These have bright heads and long, shining tails. They shine partly because of light absorbed and reradiated from the Sun, and partly because of reflected sunlight.
What are comets?
This planet is the largest of the terrestrial planets and is the only planet to not be named after a Greek or Roman god.
What is Earth?
This planet's moons form a satellite system called a Jovian system. It has 80 to 95 moons.
What is Jupiter?
What is the name of one rover that has landed on Mars? There are 5.
What is Sojourner? What is Spirit? What is Opportunity? What is Curiosity? What is Perseverance?
This consists of the Sun and its family of 8 planets.
What is the solar system?