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Introduction/Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth/Moon
Mars
100
This is the study of the Universe.
What is Astronomy?
100
This is the shape of Mercury's orbit.
What is elliptical (oval)?
100
The atmosphere on Venus.
What is very thick(cloudy)?
100
An imaginary line that divides Earth in half.
What is the equator?
100
Mars' nickname.
What is the Red Planet?
200
He taught us to use a telescope.
Who is Galileo?
200
This was the only ship that traveled to Mercury.
What is Mariner 10?
200
The hottest it can become.
What is 800 degrees?
200
It is the force from the moon that causes tides on earth.
What is gravity?
200
687 earth days.
What is a year?
300
1 million of these would fit into the sun.
What are Earths?
300
The shape of Mercury's orbit.
What is an oval?
300
This is how we "see" the surface of Venus through it's thick cloud cover.
What is radar?
300
When the moon gets between the sun and the Earth, blocking out the sun.
What is a lunar eclipse?
300
They are scars all over the surface of southern Mars.
What are craters?
400
This is the "stuff" that makes up everything around you.
What is matter?
400
It is a day on Mercury.
What is 59 Earth days?
400
This planet was once considered the twin of Venus.
What is Earth?
400
It extends for 800 miles straight up.
What is the atmosphere?
400
The largest volcano in our whole solar system.
What is Olympus Mons?
500
The order of the nine planets around the sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto?
500
It is a year on Mercury.
What is 88 earth days?
500
243 earth days.
What is a day?
500
Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Crust.
What are the 4 layers of Earth?
500
The names of the potato shaped moons.
What are Phobos and Deimos?