Day and Night
Miscellaneous
Planets!
Our Place in Space
Stars
Wild Card
100
A __________ occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth.
solar eclipse
100
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
100
The Asteroid Belt.
100
Who was Yuri Gargarin?
The first human in space. He was from the Soviet Union.
100
What star is closest to Earth?
The Sun!
100
It is a NASA telescope
The Hubble
200
What do we call spinning of the Earth around the Sun?
Revolution
200
The gravitational pull of the Moon on Earth's oceans results in...
tides
200
What planet is this one?
Uranus.
200
How long does a rotation of the Earth around its axis take?
About 24 hours
200
What is the name of this galaxy?
The Milky Way.
200
Of these which was the most recent artificial satellite to orbit Earth?
-Skylab
-Mercury
-Voyager
-Sputnik
Voyager
300
Example of a Natural Satellite
The Moon
300
Compared to the Earth's solar system, the universe is...
A.) Older and Larger
B.) Older and Smaller
C.) Younger and Larger
D.) Younger and Smaller
A
300
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
300
What is the only other planet in our solar system that is believed to be able to sustain life?
Mars
300
How old is the Earth?
A) 3.69 billion years old
B) 6.87 billion years old
C) 4.54 billion years old
D) 10.43 billion years old
C) 4.54 billion years old
300
What planet is this?
Size: Large
Appearance: Blue/Green, with some white clouds
Axial Tilt: 23.5
Direction of rotation: prograde (same direction as sun)
Earth
400
What phase of the moon is shown here? 
New Moon
400
One revolution on Earth is how long?
365 days
400
Choose all the characteristics that caused scientists to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf Planet.
A.) Icy body, similar to the Kuiper Belt Objects
B.) Rocky or gaseous composition
C.) Extreme oval-shaped orbit
D.) it has not cleared its orbital path of other objects
A,C & D
400
Why does the tail of a comet always point away from the sun?
The solar winds
400
What is a Galaxy?
Galaxies are systems that contain millions or even billions of stars
400
Which terrestrial planet has an atmosphere composed of mainly carbon dioxide with 730K surface temperature and is approximately the same size as Earth?
Venus
500
What causes our planet to have four seasons?
Seasons are the result of the tilt of the Earth's axis.
500
The major reason the inner planets have smaller levels of helium and hydrogen is...
A.) The sun's energy burns off the lighter elements
B.) The outer planets have lower specific gravity
C.) The inner planets are composted of a gaseous exterior
D.) The Earths gravity holds the lighter elements
A
500
Why do we see more craters on Mars and the Moon than we do on Earth and Venus?
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There is no hydrosphere on Mars and the moon to "erase" the craters that were created
AND
The Atmosphere of Mars is too thin to protect it from impacts
500
What is the name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun?
Orbit
500
What is the relationship between the solar system and the solar nebula?
The solar system was formed by the solar nebula
500
What planet is this?
Size: Large
Appearance: completely covered by clouds
Axil tilt: 2.6
Rotation: retrograde (opposite of sun)
Venus