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Gas Giants
Astronomers
Terrestrial Planets
Space Rocks
The Sun
100
Saturn's rings are made up of these 4 objects.
What are dust, ice, rocks, and moons?
100
This is the astronomer who learned how to study space with a telescope.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
100
At 870 degrees F, this planet has the hottest temperature of all planets in our solar system.
What is Venus?
100
Comets, also known as dirty snowballs, are made up of these 3 items.
What is dry ice, frozen water and rocks?
100
The number of miles we are away from the sun. 
What is 92,956,050 miles?  (or approximately 93 million miles)
200
At only 10 hours, this planet has the shortest day.
What is Jupiter?
200

This homeschooling family accidentally discovered Uranus.

Who are William Herschel and his sister Caroline?
200
This is the only planet with 2 moons.
What is Mars?
200
Comets have this kind of orbit.
What is a long, elliptical orbit?
200
Colorful, electrical lights that light up the night sky
What is auroras?
300

At 353 degrees below zero, this planet has the coldest temperature of all planets in our solar system.

What is Neptune?
300
This is the name of the astronomer who thought that Earth revolved around the sun in the year 1510.
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
300
One trip around the sun only takes this planet 88 Earth days making it the planet with the shortest year.
What is Mercury?
300
These large objects are made up of iron, rock, and carbon.
What are asteroids?
300

God designed the sun to get is power by little explosions that happen over and over again deep inside the sun. This is what makes all those little explosions.

What is thermonuclear fusion?

400
This planet has the most natural satellites. (must name planet and number of moons)
What is Jupiter and 67 moons?
400
The Kuiper Belt is named after this astronomer.
Who is Gerard Kuiper?
400
This planet has the largest volcano. (must name planet and volcano)
What is Mercury and Olympus Mons?
400
This is the biggest and brightest comet seen from Earth in the last century.
What is Comet Hale-Bopp?
400
Sunspots are spots on the sun that are cooler than the rest of the sun, but are still this balmy temperature.
What is 7,000 degrees F?
500
This planet is known as the sleepy planet because it looks like it's lying down.  It rotates sideways, not up and down.
What is Uranus?
500
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by this astronomer.
Who is Clyde Tombaugh?
500
Along with Uranus, this is the only planet to rotate the opposite direction of Earth.  (sun rises in the west, sets in the east)
What is Venus?
500
Describe the differences of a meteoroid, a meteor, and a meteorite. (only question you don't have to answer in the form of a question)
Meteoroid = a small piece of space rock or dust floating in space

Meteor = a streak of light, often called a shooting star, which is the result of a meteoroid burning up in Earth's atmosphere

Meteorite = a space object that falls through Earth's atmosphere, doesn't completely burn up, and hits Earth's surface
500

The number of Earths it would take to fill up the sun.

What is 1,297,126?