Stars
Planets
Galaxies
Composition
In the Stars
100

What is the Star at the center of our Solar System?

Sun/ Sol

100

This planet is a gas giant with visible rings around it.

Saturn

100

The name of our galaxy is?

The Milky Way

100

This part of the Milky Way orbits our Sun.  It is probably covered in some kind of ice, and has a frozen atmosphere.

Eris, Dwarf planet

100

This is one of the terrestrial planets.  It gets its red color from the rust or iron oxide on the surface.

Mars.

200

What color is the hottest star?

Blue Stars

200

This planet was down graded to a dwarf planet, because it wouldn't stay in its own orbit, and was made differently than the others.

Pluto

200

Our Solar system is located on this arm in the Milky Way galaxy.

Orion's spur

200

This part of the Milky Way has a diameter of 8,000 miles and is 93 million miles from the sun.  It does orbit the sun, and is made of Rock, minerals, surface water, oxygen & nitrogen atmosphere.

Earth

200

This planet gets it bluish color from the methane gas in its atmosphere.

Neptune

300

Why does our sun look like the brightest star to us?

It is the closest star.  This makes it appear to be the brightest.

300

This planets location is the third from the sun.

Earth

300

The Milky Way galaxy is set on a collision course with another galaxy.  What is the name of that galaxy?

Andromeda

300

These come from what is called the Oort Cloud , and spend most of their time far from the Sun.  When they get close to the sun, some of the ice burns off, producing the bright tail that we see from Earth.

Comet

300

This is the Earth's only natural satellite.  It is made of rock, covered in craters, and has no atmosphere.

The moon

400

The light from a star travels in what type of year?

light year

400

This terrestrial planet is red in color.

Mars

400

This type of galaxy is known for looking like a disc.  They contain large-scale discs but they do not have large-scale spiral arms. 

Lenticular galaxy

400

These are located in the Asteroid Belt, and over 100,000. are located between Mars and Jupiter.

Asteroids

400

This planet has no solid surface to walk on, but who would want to take a stroll when it is storming.

Hint:  It is famous for its Great Red Spot.

Jupiter

500

What is our sun made of?

Hydrogen gas

500

This planet has 79 known moons.

Jupiter

500

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

Spiral

500

These occur in Earth's Atmosphere.  They are smaller than a dime, but what we see is a glowing piece of rock.

Meteor

500

Complete the sentence. As Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in 1979, it captured this photo of the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is an anti-cyclonic (high- pressure) storm on Jupiter that can be likened to the worst hurricanes on Earth. An ancient storm, it is so large that _____ Earths could fit inside it.Mar 23, 2008

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