Earth
The Solar System
Planets
Astronomers
Extra Points
100

HOW LONG IS ONE DAY ON EARTH?

24 hours

100

HOW MANY PLANETS ARE THERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?

EIGHT PLANETS

100

WHICH IS THE BIGGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?

JUPITER

100

PTOLEMY MADE A GEOCENTRIC MODEL. THIS MEANS THAT ___________ WAS AT THE CENTRE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.



THE EARTH

100

WHICH PLANET IT KNOWN FOR ITS RINGS?

SATURN

200

THE EARTH HAS AN OCEAN THAT COVERS AROUND _0% OF THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET.

70 %

200

HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?

ONE (THE SUN)

200

WHICH IS THE HOTTEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?

VENUS

200

GALILEO GALILEI OBSERVED THE DIFFERENT ________ OF THE MOON.

PHASES / CYCLESTHE SUN

200

WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE PLANET
WHICH IS THIRD CLOSEST TO THE SUN
IN TERMS OF MOONS THAT IT HAS
YOU WILL FIND THERE IS ONLY ONE

EARTH

300

BY WHAT OTHER NAME IS EARTH KNOWN?

THE BLUE PLANET

300

WHERE IS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?

A) CENTAURUS A GALAXY

B) THE ADROMEDA GALAXY

C) THE MILKY WAY GALAXY

C) THE MILKY WAY GALAXY

300

WHICH PLANET TAKES THE LONGEST TIME TO ORBIT THE SUN?

NEPTUNE

300

COPERNICUS MADE A HELIOCENTRIC MODEL. THIS MEANS THAT _______ WAS AT THE CENTRE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

THE SUN

300

I AM KNOWN AS THE RED PLANET
AND I HAVE TWO MOONS RATHER THAN ONE

MARS

400

WHAT TWO THINGS GUARANTEE LIFE ON EARTH?

WATER ON ITS SURFACE AND OXYGEN GAS IN ITS AIR.

400

NAME THE PLANETS IN ORDER FROM THE SUN. 

MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE.

400

WHICH PLANET HAS 274 MOONS AS OF THIS YEAR?

SATURN

400

KEPLER DESCRIBED HOW THE PLANETS _________ THE SUN.

ORBIT / MOVE AROUND

400

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GETS HIGHER
IT MAKES THIS LIQUID METAL RISE
IT IS ALSO THE PLANET’S NAME




MERCURY

500

HOW OLD IS EARTH ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS?

A) IT'S AROUND 100 MILLION YEARS.

B) IT'S AROUND 4.54 BILLION YEARS.

C) IT'S AROUND 8.46 BILLION YEARS

B) 4.54 BILLION YEARS

500

WHERE IS THE KUIPER BELT?

A) PAST MARS.

B) PAST NEPTUNE.

C) PAST SATURN.

B) PAST NEPTUNE.
PLUTO AND OTHER DWARF PLANETS ARE IN THE KUIPER BELT.

500

WHAT PLANET HAS SEASONS, POLAR ICE CAPS, VOLCANOES AND WEATHER LIKE EARTH?

MARS

500

WHICH ASTRONOMER DISCOVERED THE FOUR LARGEST MOONS OF JUPITER? 

A) PTOLEMY

B) GALILEO

C) COPERNICUS

b) GALILEO. THEY ARE CALLED GALILEAN MOONS.

500

WHAT PLANETS HAVE RINGS?

A) VENUS, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE.

B) MERCURY, JUPITER, SATURN AND NEPTUNE.

C) JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE

C) JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE. 

SATURN HAS THE LARGEST RINGS. THE OTHERS HAVE FAINT RINGS.

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