the sun
What is the name of the big ball of hot gas that gives us light and heat during the day?
What is the Sun?
What do we call the shape of the moon when it looks like a small, bright slice?
What is a crescent moon?
What is the name of the planet we live on?
Earth
What is the name of the closest star to Earth?
Sun?
What tool do scientists use to look at far-away stars and planets
telescope
The Sun rises in the east and sets in the ____.
What is the west?
How many days does it take for the Moon to go around the Earth?
about 28 days
What do we call the movement of the Earth around the Sun?
orbit
Stars are made of gas. What type of gas do stars mostly contain?
Hydrogen
True or False: Telescopes can help us see things that are too far away for our eyes to see.
True?
How many times bigger is the Sun compared to Earth?
What is about 100 times bigger
What are the dark spots on the Moon's surface called?
"maria" or "lunar seas
What is the Earth’s closest neighbor in space?
Moon
What do we call a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky?
constellation
What kind of telescope do scientists use to look at the sky during the night?
optical telescope
The Sun is a type of star. True or False?
true
The Moon has no air, so it can’t have wind or weather. True or False?
True?
What is the Earth’s atmosphere made of?
air, including oxygen and nitrogen
Stars can be different colors. What color is the hottest star?
blue?
What do we call a machine that orbits Earth and helps us with communication and weather?
satellite?
True or False: Satellites are sent into space by rockets.
True