A group of stars that form a recognizable pattern or shape, traditionally named for mythical figures or signs of the zodiac
What is a constellation?
200
NASA's first manned moon landing
What is Apollo 11 in 1969?
200
The Inner Solar System has Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. These are closest to the sun and are called the ________ ______ simply because the have very solid rocky surfaces.
What are terrestrial planets?
200
only star in our solar system
What is the sun?
200
The word comet comes from the Greek phrase that means this.
What is "hair of the head"?
200
Found near the North Pole and known to Greeks as "The Bear".
What is Ursa Major: The Big Dipper?
300
The moon was once an independent planet orbiting the sun that was somehow captured by the Earth’s gravitation.
What is the Capture Theory?
300
The Outer Solar System has ____, ____, ____, and ____ these are sometimes called the gas giants.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
300
formed during the dying stages of a low-mass red giant star
What is a planetary nebulae?
300
A large rock in space that doesn't have enough gravitational pull to form itself into a ball
What is an asteroid?
300
the mythological hunter and has three bright stars that make up the belt along with three faint stars designing his sword
What is Orion the Hunter?
400
The moon was once part of the earth ripped out of the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Fission Theory?
400
has two moons named Phobos and Deimos
What is Mars?
400
occur only near hot stars that emit enough ultraviolet rays to energize nearby clouds of hydrogen
What is an emission nebulae?
400
The inner asteroid belt consists of asteroids made predominately of this
What is metal?
400
group of 5 stars that form a W
was the mother of Andromeda
What is Cassiopeia?
500
Means humped and describes the shape of the Moon as it grows from a half moon to a full
What is the Waxing Gibbous Moon?
500
discovered in 1781 by William Herschel and is named after the Roman god of the heavens
What is Uranus?
500
an exploding star generating a shock wave that ejects immense quantities of matter in no recognizable pattern forming a nebula
What is a Supernova Remnant?
500
the largest known non-planet object in the Solar System and is larger than all other asteroids put together
What is Quaoar?
500
looks like a swan or a Latin cross and is known as the Northern Cross; a group of 6 stars