Planets
What is Venus?
What is the center of the earth called?
Core
Which one is considered a star: the moon, or the sun?
The sun
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
What astronomical event occurs when the moon blocks the Earth's sunlight?
Solar eclipse
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
How many planets is earth from the sun?
3
What is a cluster of stars that resemble a shape or object called?
A constellation
What galaxy are we going to eventually collide with?
Andromeda Galaxy
What astronomy-related profession directly translates to "moon starer?"
Astronomer
Earth
What percent of earth's surface is covered by water?
About 71% (anyone between 70-75 gets a point!)
True or false: Stars can be colored.
True
At the center of most, if not all galaxies, is a ________. (hint: it's not sun.)
black hole
Astronomical distances are often described in what timely measurement, with one unit roughly equivalent to 5.88 trillion miles?
Lightyear
How many planets have rings systems?
4
What two elements is the earth's atmosphere primarily made of?
Nitrogen and oxygen
how many suns are in our solar system?
1
what are galaxies categoried by? (color, size, shape, etc.)
shape
True or false: a man from Texas voted from space.
True
Uranus
What planet is known as Earth's sister?
Venus
what is the most visible planet in our night sky right now?
venus
what type of galaxy is our galaxy? (spiral, tall, eliptical, or irregular?)
spiral
What is the name of the zone in our galaxy where our dwarf planets reside?
Kuiper Belt