Planets
The Moon
Stars
Space Vocab
500 Point Bonus Questions
100

The planet known for its rings

Saturn

100

When the Moon is fully lit

Full Moon

100

What is the name of the closest star to Earth

The Sun

100

A glowing streak in the sky caused by space debris burning up

Meteor

100
A celestial object that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation at rates of up to one thousand pulses per second


Pulsar

200

The largest planet in our solar system

Jupiter

200

When the Moon moves into Earth's shadow

Lunar Eclipse

200

The color of the hottest stars

Blue

200

A rock from space that lands on Earth

Meteorite

200

The point in Earth's orbit when it is closest to the Sun is called

Perihelion

300

The only planet that rotates on its side

Uranus

300

The Moon's gravity causes this on Earth

Tides

300

The state when a massive star explodes

Supernova

300
A huge cloud of gas and dust where stars form

Nebula

300

The boundary around our solar system where the Sun's solar wind meets interstellar space

Heliopause

400

The planet with the longest day (slowest rotation)

Venus

400
The dark plains on the Moon are called...

Maria

400

Stars produce energy through this process

Nuclear Fusion

400

Rocky objects orbiting the Sun, mostly between Mars and Jupiter

Asteroid

400

The name for a "failed star" that's too small for fusion

Brown Dwarf

500

The region beyond Neptune filled with icy objects, where Pluto is located

Kuiper Belt

500

The line dividing the light and dark sides of the Moon

Terminator

500

The dense leftover core of a massive star after a supernova

Neutron Star

500

The boundary around a black hole where nothing can escape

Event horizon

500

The stretching effect caused by extreme gravity near a black hole

Spaghettification