Sun
93 million miles
What is the distance from the earth to the sun?
a large dent on the surface of a planet
What is a crater?
the most important gas in Earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen?
a giant hurricane sized storm that moves around Jupiter
What is the Great Red Spot?
the invisible force that pulls objects towards each other
What is gravity?
The planets do this around the sun
What is revolve or orbit?
What is a transit of Mercury?
the reason Earth has 4 seasons
What is Earth's tilt?
they keep Saturn's rings from spreading out too far
What are shepherd moons?
the main difference between a planet and a dwarf planet
What is a dwarf planet has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit?
a giant tower of fire darting out from the sun
What is a solar flare?
the hottest planet in the solar system
What is Venus?
the display of colors in the night sky caused by Earth's magnetic field
What are auroras?
an unusual feature of Uranus
What is it is tipped over on its side?
the core of an exploded star that has a lot of mass and pulls everything, even light, into it
What is a black hole?
dark spots on the sun that are cooler than the rest of the sun
What are sunspots?
the morning star or evening star
What is Venus?
a hot section of nickel and iron inside the earth
What is Earth's core?
a gas that gives Uranus and Neptune their blue color
What is methane?
the brightest star in the sky
What is Sirius?
a shadow created by the moon on Earth
What is an eclipse?
the largest volcano in our solar system which is located on Mars
What is Olympus Mons
the direction a compass always points
What is north?
Neptune's moon Triton has these features that can also be seen at Yellowstone National Park
What are geysers?
the cloud and dust thrown from an exploding star
What is a nebula?