Name the 4 terrestrial planets and the four gas giants?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
100
Everything in the solar system orbits
the sun
100
Name the singer OR title of this song.
Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown,
engines on
Check ignition
and may God's love be with you
Apace Oddity, David Bowie
200
Where is the Chicxulub Crater?
Mexico
200
What causes a meteor shower?
When Earth goes through comet debris.
200
What is found in the area between Mars and Jupiter?
The Asteroid Belt
200
What is a body that orbits the Sun, is 10 m to 500 km big?
Asteroid
200
What was the first successful Moon mission called?
Apollo 11
300
Name 3 reasons why Earth doesn't have as many impact craters as the Moon.
Erosion, weathering, atmosphere, plate tectonics
300
Where do long period comets come from?
Oort Cloud
300
What is the shape of the orbit of a planet?
circular
300
What is the difference between a meteor, meteorite and a meteoroid?
meteoroid is in space,
meteor is when meteoroid burns in the atmosphere,
meteorite is when meteor lands on Earth
300
What is the difference between geology and astrogeology?
geology studies Earth, and astrogeology studies rocks and minerals on other planets
400
What is so important about the Chicxulub Impact?
It COULD have been why the dinosaurs became extinct.
400
How long is Halley's comet's period?
76 years.
400
What planet has an orbital period of 84 years?
Uranus
400
What are MakeMake and Eris examples of?
Dwarf planets
400
What is the accepted age of the Solar System?
4.5 billion years old
500
What are three things that increase the size of an impact crater?
fast speed, high mass, 90 degree angle
500
What is the name of the comet that crashed into Jupiter?
Shoemaker-Levy 9
500
Who discovered Uranus?
William Herschel
500
What is found in the outer limits of our solar system?