History of Space
The Sun
The Terrestrial Planets
The Gas Giants
Solar System Mix
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The type of model that has Earth in its center.
What is a geocentric model.
100
The center of the sun where nuclear fusion takes place.
What is the core.
100
The terrestrial planet that is closest to the sun and has the most extreme temperature range.
What is Mercury.
100
The gas giant that has a large ring system.
What is Saturn.
100
The force of attraction between objects in space.
What is gravity.
200
The scientist that made significant improvements to the telescope.
Who is Galileo.
200
The galaxy the sun is located in.
What is the Milky Way.
200
The inner planet that has abundant water and life.
What is Earth.
200
The the largest planet.
What is Jupiter.
200
The scientist that formulated the law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton.
300
The paths that planets travel around the sun.
What are orbits.
300
The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.
What is the corona.
300
The inner planet that is nicknamed the "red planet".
What is Mars.
300
The planet that has the strongest winds.
What is Neptune.
300
When the solar system was forming, matter fell in the center and heated up to millions of degrees. This caused what to form?
What is the sun.
400
The type of model of the solar system that places the sun in the center.
What is a heliocentric model.
400
Nuclear fusion starts with two nuclei of this gas.
What are hydrogen nuclei.
400
The gas in Venus' atmosphere that makes it the hottest planet.
What is carbon dioxide.
400
The planet that is tilted on its side.
What is Uranus.
400
The inward force that causes an object to move in a circular path.
What is centripetal force.
500
The two astronomers that supported the geocentric model.
Who are Aristotle and Ptolemy
500
The huge loops of relatively cool gas that can extend outward into the sun's outer atmosphere.
What is a prominence.
500
The number of moons Mars has.
What is two.
500
Uranus and Neptune have a blue color because of this gas in the atmosphere.
What is methane.
500
The two things that gravity depends on.
What are mass and distance.
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