Vocabulary
Planets
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Milky Way Facts
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Do you know it?
100
What is the Milky Way?
the galaxy that contains our solar system
100
What is this planet?
Earth
100
What is this planet?
Saturn
100
What is our galaxy called?
The Milky Way
100
What instrument do you look at the stars with?
Telescope
200
What do we call: the sun and all the planets, asteroids, moons, and other objects that revolve around it
Solar System
200
What planet is this?
Jupiter
200
What planet is this?
Uranus
200
What number of fact is this?
Only two man-made objects have left our solar system: the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. No object made by humans has gotten close to going out of the Milky Way
#4
200
When you look up and see the Milky Way about what percentage are you seeing?
When you see the Milky Way at night, you are seeing only about 25% of the stars in the Milky Way.
300
What is a galaxy?
a system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravitational attraction
300
What planet is this?
Mars
300
What is this planet?
Neptune
300
Does the Milky Way constantly move or does it completely still?
The Milky Way does not sit still; it is constantly rotating.
300
How many stars do scientists believe are in the Milky Way?
Scientists think the Milky Way has 100–400 billion stars. The Milky Way is midsize compared to other galaxies.
400
What is the highest mountain on Mars?
Olympus Mons (21 km high)
400
What is this planet?
Mercury
400
What is this?
Pluto
400
What do scientists believe is in the center of the Milky Way?
BONUS +100 pts: How big is it?
is a black hole and is about four million times greater than the sun
400
Why do we call our galaxy the Milky Way?
Our galaxy is named the Milky Way because it can have a milky appearance in a night sky, especially when the night sky can be seen very well.
500
Why is Mars red?
It is made of iron.
500
What planet is this?
Venus
500
Say the planets in order from the sun:
500
Has anything been able to leave our solar system?
Only two man-made objects have left our solar system: the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.
No object made by humans has gotten close to going out of the Milky Way
500
Oh No what did you do??
You get an extra 100 pts!