Planets
This planet is known as the "Red Planet."
What is Mars?
The phase of the moon when it is fully illuminated.
What is a Full Moon?
A large, spherical body that orbits a star.
What is a planet?
This planet has two moons named Phobos and Deimos.
What is Mars?
A natural satellite that orbits a planet.
What is a moon?
The planet that is closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
The phase when the moon appears to be half-illuminated, with the right side lit up.
What is the First Quarter?
This is the term for a group of stars that form a pattern.
What is a constellation?
The planet that is known for its beautiful rings.
: What is Saturn?
A bright streak of light caused by a meteoroid burning up in Earth's atmosphere
What is a shooting star?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
The phase where the moon is barely visible and the crescent is on the right side.
What is a Waxing Crescent?
The invisible force that attracts objects toward each other, responsible for keeping planets in orbit.
What is gravity?
This planet has a giant storm called the "Great Red Spot."
What is Jupiter?
The region beyond Neptune filled with icy bodies, including Pluto.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
The only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side.
What is Uranus?
The phase that follows the new moon when the illuminated part of the moon starts to increase.
What is the Waxing Crescent?
The term for the path that a planet or moon follows around a star or planet.
What is an orbit?
The planet known as Earth's "twin" due to its similar size and structure.
What is Venus?
A chunk of rock or metal that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up.
What is a meteor?
This planet has the longest day of any planet in our solar system.
What is Venus?
The time it takes for the moon to complete one full cycle of phases.
What is 29.5 days?
The collection of gas, dust, and stars that makes up our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
This dwarf planet was once considered the ninth planet in our solar system.
What is Pluto?
A large ball of gas that produces light and heat, like our Sun.
What is a star?