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Sun
Moon
Planets
Stars
Vocabulary
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Is the sun a planet, star, moon, or meteor?
Star
100
How are craters made on the moon?
meteors crashing on the moon and leaving dents
100
What is the planet closest to the Sun?
Mercury
100
What is a tool to help astronomers see stars?
A telescope
100
What is an "atmosphere"?
The bubble of air that protects Earth
200
How are shadows made?
When light from the sun is blocked from that area
200
Name 2 phases of the moon
Crescent, full, new moon
200
How many planets are in our solar system?
8 planets and 1 dwarf planet (Pluto)
200
What color stars are the HOTTEST stars?
Blue stars
200
What does "accomplish" mean?
To achieve something
300
Does the sun move around the earth? Or does earth revolve around the sun?
Earth revolves around the sun
300
Which countries were involved in the space race to the moon?
US and Soviet Union
300
What are Saturn's rings made out of?
Ice and debris. one hypothesis was that the rings are made from a destroyed moon on saturn
300
What is a constellation?
a group of stars that form an image and tell a story in space
300
Where would I look to find a "horizon"?
Where the sky and land meet in the distance
400
What is our sun made out of?
Gases and consumed by fire
400
What does the moon orbit?
The moon orbits the Earth
400
What is the coldest planet in our solar system?
Uranus
400
What is a shooting star? Why do people call it that?
A meteor. Because it looks like a star moving across the night sky
400
What is the difference between a "meteor" and a "meteorite"?
Meteors are moving in space, meteorites are found on Earth
500
What are the beams of light and energy called that the sun releases? Hint...starts with a "R"
Rays
500
How do we know that the moon has less gravity than Earth?
We need a spacesuit and we would bounce more
500
Why does it take Mercury such a short time to orbit the sun compared to Neptune?
Closer to the sun = smaller orbit time
500
What does the constellation Orion look like? What is the myth behind the story?
A hunter who was believed to defeat all animals on Earth except the constellations
500
What is an "orbit"?
The path one planet takes around the sun