Planets
Vocabulary
Extra
Miss. Stephens Trivia
100

How many planets are in the solar system?

8

100

A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed is...

Solar Nebula

100

What type of eclipse happens when the order looks like this:

Sun - Moon - Earth

Solar Eclipse

100

What is Miss. Stephens favorite color?

Blue

200

The third planet from the sun is...

Earth

200

A disk of gas and dust orbiting a newly formed star, from which planets may eventually form is...

Protoplanetary Disk

200

What type of eclipse happens when the order looks like this:

Sun - Earth - Moon

Lunar Eclipse

200

Who is Miss. Stephens' best friend?

Miss. G

300

What is the hottest planet in the solar system?

Venus

300

An apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations is...

Parallax

300

When the United States is experiencing Summer, what is Australia experiencing?

Winter

300

What is Miss. Stephens' girlfriend's name?

Jennifer/Jenn/Soup

400

Name 2 gas giants...

Possible Answers:

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

400

A small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun is...

Comet

400

What is the reason for the seasons?

The tilt of the Earth

400

What was Miss. Stephens favorite unit in science?

Chemistry

500

Which planets are out of order here:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Jupiter and Mars

500

The average distance between Earth and the sun; approximately 93 million miles is...

(symbol: AU)

Astronomical Unit

500

True or False: 

The Earth is the only planet to experience seasons.

False

500

What is Miss. Stephens' favorite animal?

Seal