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100
This planet's oxygen-rich atmosphere and liquid surface water may make it the only planet in the solar system that sustains life.
What is the Earth?
100
The shape of the galaxy's center even though they both have 2 or more arms.
What is the difference between a spiral galaxy and a barred spiral galaxy?
100
During this occurrence, the moon passes through Earth's shadow.
What is a lunar eclipse?
100
Objects that orbit the sun between the inner and outer planets.
What are asteroids.
100
A tool that will help see more detail about a small area of the sky.
What is a telescope.
200
A cool and small star.
What is a red dwarf?
200
An object(s) that is outside our Solar System and makes up most of what the visible matter in a galaxy.
What is a star other than our sun.
200
These are large, round bodies that revolve around a star.
What are planets?
200
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?
200
The moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it revolves around Earth
What is the reason that the same side of the moon always faces Earth?
300
When you compare the larger star to the smaller star when the two stars are the same color.
What is the larger star is brighter than the smaller star?
300
During a solar eclipse, Earth passes through the moon's shadow. during a lunar eclipse, the moon passes through the Earth's shadow.
How does a solar eclipse differ from a lunar eclipse?
300
This planet is the largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
300
This object has a solid, frozen core. As they near the sun, the core of these objects begin to melt.
What is a comet?
300
This is the day with the most daylight in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the summer solstice?
400
How a red giant compare to our sun, a red dwarf, and a blue dwarf.
What is the brightest star?
400
A group of billions of stars that form a round shape.
What is an elliptical galaxy?
400
This hot planet has a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide.
What is Venus?
400
An object that has broken off an asteroid and travels through space?
What is a meteroid?
400
This day has the most hours of darkness of the year\.
What is the winter solstice?
500
Can occur even when two stars have different sizes but the same temperature.
What are stars with the same color?
500
A galaxy that does not have a symmetrical shape.
What is an irregular galaxy?
500
Another way planets move in space other than revolve around the sun.
What is rotation on its axis?
500
An object that is made up of frozen gas and has a visible tail, pointing away from the sun.
What is a comet?
500
A tool that orbits the Earth's atmosphere in order to observe deep space.
What is a space probe?