The Sun
Define a Solar flare
What is an explosion of gas in space?
Name something that makes Earth unique from all other planets in the solar system.
What is life, liquid water, oxygen-rich atmosphere, etc...?
Name the largest of the outer planets.
What is Jupiter?
The name for a meteoroid when it enters the atmosphere (hint; its got a tail).
What is a meteor?
Name the origin of meteoroids.
What is comets and asteroids colliding?
(I'd accept God also)
Name three features we studied on the sun.
What are prominence, solar flares, and sunspots.
The trapping of heat in Venus's atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Another name for Uranus and Neptune.
What is the cold blue planets?
Name the three main parts of a comet.
What is a coma, tail, and nucleus?
The model with the sun in the center of the solar system.
What is a heliocentric model?
The scientist who figured out the order of the planets in the heliocentric model.
Who is Copernicus?
The reason for Mar's red color.
What is rusty iron dust coating the planet?
Give the reason for Uranus's color.
What is methane in the atmosphere?
Name the 2 main origins of comets.
What are the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud?
The shape of a comet's orbit.
What is an ellipse?
Define Nuclear fusion and where it occurs.
What is hydrogen molecules combine in the sun's core to form helium?
The number of moons in the first four planets.
What is 3 moons? (1 for Earth and 2 for Mars).
Name the way Neptune was discovered.
What is a mathematical prediction based on Uranus's orbit?
Pluto's "twin planet."
What is Charon?
Name the scientist that observed the solar system without using a telescope.
Who is Tycho Brahe?
List the six layers of the sun in order from outside in.
What is corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone, radiation zone, and core?
Name a similarity and a difference of Venus and Earth.
Difference; What is size and internal structure?
Similarity; What is atmosphere, revolution time, surface appearance, temperature, etc...?
Name 3 of Jupiter's 4 largest moons.
What is Callisto, Io, Europa, and/or Ganymede.
A comet's meaning in Greek.
What is "long-haired star"?
Name the false belief of the dinosaur's fate.
What is an asteroid hitting earth?