planets
the sun
the moon
miscellaneous
numbers
100
This is the planet that is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100

The type of solar weather pictured in this satellite image: 

What is a Coronal Mass Ejection? 

100
The moon is a natural type of this that revolves around a bigger object.
What is a satellite?
100

The reason the Moon shines brightly 

What is because the sun reflects off the surface of the moon 

100

The number of planets that do NOT have a moon

What is 2? (Mercury and Venus) 

200

This is the largest planet in our solar system 

What is Jupiter?

200

This is the process by which the sun gives off solar radiation throughout the solar system 

What is (Hydrogen) fusion? 

200
These are hollow pits on the surface of the moon.
What are craters?
200

Earth's seasons are caused by these 2 things 

What is the slight tilt of the Earth and its position as it rotates around the sun? 

200

The unit that describes how far the Earth is from the Sun 

What is an astronomical number? 

300

This is what all the planets have in common

What is "they revolve around the sun?"

300
It takes the earth 365 days to do this.
What is revolve (orbit) around the sun?
300
The moon's gravitational pull causes this rise and fall of the ocean.
What are tides?
300

The only other planet in our solar system that humans have landed equipment on

What is Mars? 

300

The sun contains this approximate amount of mass in our solar system 

What is 99%? 

400

These are the terrestrial planets that have a hard, rocky surface 

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

400
This is how long it takes earth to complete one rotation.
What is 24 hours --or one day?
400

The name of the moon phase pictured here: 

What is waxing crescent? 

400

A cosmic snowball of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbits the Sun.

What is a comet? 

400

It takes this many minutes for sunlight to reach the Earth 

What is 8 minutes? 

500

These are the gas giants that have no known hard surface

What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

500

All 6 layers of the sun from most to least dense 

What are the core, radiation zone, convection zone, photosphere, chromosphere and corona? 

500

The distance the Moon is traveling away from the Earth every year 

What is 4 centimeters (approximately) 

500

The name of a planet found in another solar system 

What is an exo-planet? 

500

A year on Mars takes this many (Earth) days

What is 687 days? 

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