The Planets
Vocabulary Terms
Random Facts
Stars
This Whole Universe Thing has my mind...blown!!
100
What are the 4 planets called that have a rocky core and are closest to the sun?
What are the Inner Planets?
100
What is a huge grouping of millions/billions of stars and gases called?
What is a Galaxy?
100
What goes up must come down is gravity, which was the theory of whom?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
100
What is a star?
What is a hot ball of gas?
100
The number of stars in the universe is _____________.
What is Non-countable?
200
What 2 gases are the Outer Planets also known as the "Gas Giants" composed (made) of?
What are Hydrogen and Helium?
200
What is the distance called for light to travel in one year?
What is a Light Year?
200
The surface temperature of stars in measured in degrees _________?
What is Celsius?
200
The sun is which type of star?
What is a yellow (dwarf) star?
200
What is the name of the Galaxy in which the planet, Earth, is a part of?
What is The Milky Way Galaxy?
300
Which planet is covered by a red dust on its surface?
What is Mars?
300
What are the 8 large clusters called that orbit the sun in our solar system?
What are Planets?
300
What instrument allows us to see the wonders of the universe that cannot be seen here on earth?
What is The Hubble Telescope?
300
Which star has the hottest surface temperature?
What is a blue star?
300
What are the 3 types of Galaxies?
What are Spiral, Elliptical, and Irregular?
400
Name the 4 Outer Planets in order from closet to farthest from the sun.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
400
What are the measurements called that are used by scientists that measure distances in our solar system?
What are Astronomical Units?
400
The Celsius Scale of Temperature: Water freezes at ________ degrees and boils at _______ degrees.
What is 0 and 100?
400
What 2 gases are stars composed (made) of?
What are Hydrogen and Helium?
400
Finish the lyrics to the song: "Our whole universe was in a _____ _____ _____ and nearly _____ ______ years ago...
What is Hot Dense State/14 billion
500
What force keeps the planets compacted together and allows them to remain in orbit around the sun?
What is Gravity?
500
What is the study of all that exists in the universe called? (This includes planets, stars, and galaxies)
What is Astronomy?
500
The Fahrenheit Scale of Temperature: Water freezes at ________ degrees and boils at _______ degrees.
What is 32 and 212?
500
The sun appears large to us here on earth because it is relatively close. How far is the sun from earth?
What is 93,000,000 miles?
500
What are 3 reasons that the sun is so important to life on earth?
What is photosynthesis, heat, (light) energy, water cycle, keeps the planet is orbit, gravity
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