The Sun
The Moon
Vocabulary
The Inner Planets
The Outer Planets
100

Our sun is actually a ________.

Star

100

True or False: The moon is the biggest thing in space!

False, it looks the biggest to us because it is closest. 

100

A group of stars according to patterns people have seen. 

Constellation

100

This is the smallest planet.

Mercury 

100

This planet smells like rotten eggs. 

Uranus

200

The sun is the ___________ of our solar system.

Center

200

The moon is a rocky crater filled ___________.

Sphere. 

200

The imaginary line on which the Earth rotates. 

Axis

200

This planet is 70% covered in water. 

Earth

200

This is the largest planet.

Jupiter

300

What type of star is our sun?

A yellow dwarf star.

300

The moon ______ around Earth.

Orbits.       Alternate answers accepted: circles, revolves. 

300

When the moon looks as if it changes shape we call it a ____________. 

Phase

300

This planet has two moons that look like little potatoes.

Mars

300

Winds on this planet can be as fast as 1,200 miles per hour.

Neptune

400

How hot can the surface of the sun get?

10,800 degrees Fahrenheit 

400

How far away from Earth is the moon. 

239,000 miles

400

An _________ is a piece of ice or rock flying through space. 

Asteroid

400

This is the hottest planet.

Venus

400

This planet has 27 moons.

Uranus

500

How far away is the sun from Earth?

93 Million Miles

500
The moon is responsible for the ocean ________ and _______.

Currents and tides. 

500

A group of planets orbiting around a star. 

Solar system

500

This planet's orbit of the sun takes 365.25 days.

Earth

500

This planet has a storm in the shape of a hexagon near its north pole. 

Saturn

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