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What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
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Which planet is now considered a planetoid?
Pluto
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What does a meteor make when it crashes into Earth?
A crater.
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Which star is at the center of our universe?
The sun.
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What galaxy do we live in?
The Milky Way galaxy.
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What is the planet Saturn most known for?
Rings
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Which planet has the "Big Red Spot" and what is it?
Jupiter - A giant never-ending storm
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What is a shooting star actually?
A meteor
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What are stars made from?
Clouds of dust and gas
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Put these in order from smallest to largest: galaxy, solar system, universe
solar system, galaxy, universe
300
Name the inner and outer planets.
Inner: Mercury, Venus, Earth Mars Outer: Jupiter Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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Name the planets from smallest to largest.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
300
What famous satellite still orbits the Earth taking pictures?
The Hubble Telescope
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What is it called when a star explodes?
A Supernova
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What can form after a supernova?
a black hole
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What planet is known as the "Red Planet?
Mars
400
Which planets in our Solar System have moons?
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
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How are comets and asteroids different?
Comets are balls of ice and gas. Asteroids are chunks of iron.
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Where are stars formed?
Nebulas
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What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
Rotation is the spinning of the Earth on its axis. Revolution is the Earth going around the sun.
500
Name the planets in order from closest to the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
What are three characteristics a body in space has to have to be considered a planet?
orbits a sun, sphere-shaped, large, rotates, clear orbit
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What are the phases of the moon and what causes them?
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter moon, waxing gibbon, full moon, waning gibbons, last quarter moon, waning crescent.
500
What are three colors of stars?
Blue, white, orange, yellow, red
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How long does it take for light to get from the sun to Earth?
7 minutes