Planet Size
Solar System
Atmosphere and Surface
Comets, Meteoroids, and Asteroids
Grab Bag
Galaxies
100
The planet that is a little bigger than Earth's moon
What is MERCURY?
100
The inner planet with no atmosphere and extreme temperatures
What is MERCURY?
100
The planet with a THICK atmosphere of carbon dioxide gas
What is VENUS
100
A space rock that travels through Earth's atmosphere without burning up and hits Earth.
What is a METEORITE?
100
What did Galileo invent that helped prove Copernicus's heliocentric view?
What is a telescope?
100
What type of galaxy is shaped like an oval or a football?
What is elliptical galaxy?
200
The largest planet
What is Jupiter?
200
The planet or planets with rings
What are THE OUTER PLANETS (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
200
Name all the planets that have gaseous surfaces in order from the sun out
What are JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, and NEPTUNE? These planets are also called the "outer planets" and the "gas giants".
200
A frozen mass of ice, rock, and dust that travels through the solar system. As it passes the sun, it leaves a trail.
What is a COMET or a dirty snowball?
200
The universe is mostly
What is EMPTY SPACE but...NOT REALLY!
It's actually dark matter and dark energy that we can't see! It sure does look like empty space though :-)
(both answers accepted :-)
200
What type of galaxy has no real shape?
What is an irregular galaxy?
300
The planet that is 1/2 the size of Earth
What is MARS?
300
The asteroid belt is between these two planets
What are MARS and JUPITER?
300
This planet has the largest volcano in our solar system
What is MARS? The volcano is called Olympus Mons.
300
A lump of rock or metal that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns
What is a METEOR?
300
The theory that the entire universe expanded from a single point of energy
What is THE BIG BANG?
300
What type of galaxy is shaped like a bulge of stars at the center and arms rotating out (a pinwheel)?
What is a spiral galaxy?
400
The planet that is just a little smaller than Earth
What is VENUS (our sister planet)?
400
This planet spins like it has been tilted on its side
What is URANUS
400
The TWO planets with atmospheres that are MOSTLY carbon dioxide
What are VENUS (a thick atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide) and MARS (a thin atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide)?
400
Enormous rocks or boulders that revolve around the Sun, usually between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
What are ASTEROIDS?
400
Explain why people during Ptolemy's time believed the Earth was the center of the universe. Give AT LEAST 2 reasons.
What is
we can feel Earth moving?
it looks like the sun and the stars move around us?
they didn't have advanced technology?
religious reasons?
400
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
What is a spiral galaxy?
500
List the planets in order based ON THEIR SIZE, starting with the LARGEST planet
What is JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE, EARTH, VENUS, MARS, MERCURY?
500
The planet with a giant red spot that is a giant storm
What is JUPITER
500
The planets that have atmospheres made up of mostly helium and hydrogen
What are the gas giants (JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, and NEPTUNE)?
500
Meteors are often referred to as
What are shooting stars?
500
Explain the difference between the GEOcentric view and the HELIOcentric view.
What is:
Geocentric view was the Earth was the center of the universe and Heliocentric view was the sun was the center of the solar system (or universe according to Copernicus)
500
Where is our Solar System located in the Milky Way?
What is an outer arm?