Stars
The gas in a planet's atmosphere that causes it to look blue (Think Neptune and Uranus) .
Methane?
This is the closest planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
This separates the inner planets from the outer planets.
What is the Asteroid Belt.
Two factors that affect how bright a star appears in the night sky.
What are temperature and distance?
The curved path of an object around a star, planet or a moon.
What is an orbit?
A planet known for it's rusty surface.
What is Mars?
An object that looks like a streak of light in the sky but is a small chunk of rock passing through Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
The star that is closest to the sun.
What is Proxima Centauri?
Tiny particles of solid materials floating around in space between stars. This is the material that forms new stars and planets
What is Cosmic Dust?
A planet whose rotation is almost twice as fast as Earth's.
What is Jupiter?
An object that has passed through Earth's atmosphere and has reached Earth's surface.
What is a meteorite?
A huge ball of very hot matter that gives off energy.
A star?
The distance light travels in one year.
What is a light year?
A planet with a thick atmosphere and has a low density.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune (an Outer Planet).
A satellite made of rock and ice that orbits a planet?
What is a moon?
15,000,000 degrees C (27,000,000 degrees F)
Temperature of the center of the sun?
The object with the most mass in our galaxy.
What is the sun?
This planet is known as a Planet with "Handles".
What is Saturn?
An object that is made up of frozen gas (chunks of ice), dust or work and has a visible tail, pointing away from the sun.
What is a comet?