Planets
The Sun
Lunar Phases
Natural Objects In Space!
Danger from the Sky
100
This planet is the "3'rd rock from the sun". It has a large amount of water on its surface and is the only planet that currently has conditions which sustain life as we know it.
What is Earth?
100
Our Sun is this type of star.
What is a yellow G main sequence star?
100
This is the first phase of the lunar cycle.
What is new moon?
100
These are large bodies that orbit the sun!
What are planets?
100
True or False: Asteroids are typically smaller than planets.
What is true.
200
Small and recently re-classified as a dwarf planet, this is the littlest planet found furthest out in our solar system.
What is Pluto?
200
The sun, and all bodies that orbit around it form this.
What is the solar system?
200
This is how long the lunar cycle is.
What is the 29.5 days?
200
This is a HUGE system of gas, dust, and stars. Our solar system is found at one of the far edges of it.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
200
True or False: All asteroids are located in the asteroid belt.
What is false?
300
This is the largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
300
All objects in the solar system travel around the sun in this kind of orbit that is not circular, but more oval shaped.
What is elliptical orbit?
300
When phase does the moon have the strongest gravitational attraction?
What is full moon?
300
This is a chunk of matter that enters our atmosphere and is heated by friction with the air to the point of burning up as it falls towards the Earth.
What is a meteor?
300
True or False: Asteroids are mainly composed of ice and dust.
What is false?
400
This is known as the red planet, and has shown evidence that it may have had microscopic life on it long ago.
What is Mars?
400
This is the innermost part of the sun where it's energy is generated.
What is the core?
400
This is the eclipse that is more likely to be seen on Earth.
What is lunar eclipse?
400
This describes the Moon's orbital path around the Earth?
What is a Ellipse (oval shape)?
400
True or False: Some asteroids have their own small moons.
What is true?
500
This is the 8th planet from the Sun, and is made of mostly hyrdrogen, helium, and methane gas.
What is Neptune?
500
The sun's rays strike Earth most directly along here.
What is the equator?
500
Name every moon phase in order, and draw their position between Earth and the Sun.
500
A recognizable pattern of stars.
What is a constellation?
500
What is the difference between a meteor, meteoroid, meteorite, and comet?
A meteoroid is a small rocky object in space, which becomes a meteor upon burning up in Earth's atmosphere, and a meteorite if it hits the ground. A comet is an icy, dusty body with a tail.