Star Selections
Which object contains approximately 99.86% of the mass of the entire solar system?
A. the sun
B. Earth
C. Asteroids
D. Jupiter
A the sun
Which planet is the sixth from the sun?
Explain the difference between a meteoroid,meteor, and meteorite.
meteoroid- chunk of rock and debris floating in space, meteor- meteoroids that have fallen through a planet's atmosphere, and meteorite- meteors that have hit the ground
Our moon's name
Luna
Asteroids
Solid, rocky, and irregular bodies without an atmosphere
The Sun is this type of star
Yellow Star
Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet because the surface is covered in red mineral called Iron Oxide?
Mars
What is the difference between the inner and outer planets?
Inner- rocky, closer to the sun, and hot
Outer- gas giants, farther from the sun, cold,
29 days
comets
cosmic "snowballs" of ice, rock, and dust that live in the icy region beyond Neptune
What is the center of a black hole called?
A. Inner Event Horizon
B. Triangularity
C. Singularity
D. Outer Event Horizon
C. Singularity
Which planet is nicknamed the Swift Planet because its orbit around the Sun only tajes 88 days?
A. Mercury
B. Saturn
C. Uranus
D. Venus
A Mercury
Define a natural Satellite.
An object that is naturally created that orbits a larger body.
How many phases does our moon go through a month?
8 phases
dawrf planets
planets that do not clear their orbit of other bodies of a similiar size
What is the most common type of star?
A. Blue Dwarf
B. Super Giant
C. Red Dwarf
D. Supernova
C Red Dwarf
Which is the smallest natural satellite?
A. Luna
B. Europa
C. Io
D. Deimos
D. Deimos
Give an example of a natural satellite
Luna- our moon
Other planets moons
What is our moon covered in?
craters, pits, and scars
new moon
phase of the moon which we cannot see at night
What is a spectacular explosion called when a Blue Giant dies?
A. Supernova
B. Super Explosion
C. Super Giant
D. Super Star
A Supernova
Name all of the planets in order from the sun.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Red Stars and it's because they do not burn very bright.
The phases of the moon are called the...
lunar phases
blue giant
a type of star that we usually see from earth because they are very bright