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Planets
Sun
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Surprise Me!
100
How many planets are in our solar system?
What is 8
100
What is the name of the galaxy that we and our sun are in?
What is the Milky Way
100
Stars are made of _______ and _______.
What is dust and gas
100
What is a comet made of?
What is ice, dust, and gas
100
T or F: to date, we have discovered life on other planets.
What is false
200
What are the planets in order from the sun?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
200
What direction do planets orbit the sun?
What is counter clockwise
200
T or F: stars can live for billions of years
What is True!
200
Meteorites are made of __________ and __________.
What is rock and metal
200
What do comets orbit?
What is the sun
300
Name two planets that have rings
What is Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, or Jupiter
300
How old (approximately) is the sun?
What is 4.5 billion years
300
When a star burns out and collapses/explodes, it is called _____________.
What is supernova
300
Where do most meteoroids come from?
What is the asteroids
300
T or F: staring at the sun can cause cataracts.
What is true
400
What is the largest planet?
What is Jupiter
400
T or F: the sun is solid.
What is False
400
What are the stages of a star's life? (one about the size of the sun)
What is star, red giant, planetary nebula, white dwarf, black dwarf
400
A falling star is actually a ___________. (meteor, meteorite, meteoroid)
What is a meteor
400
What two types of energy does the sun emit?
What is heat and light
500
Earth is mostly made of ___________.
What is water
500
What two elements make up the majority of the sun?
What is hydrogen and helium
500
Name one historical benefit of studying the constellations.
What is farming seasons in certain regions
500
What two planets does the asteroid belt go between?
What is Mars and Jupiter
500
What is Earth's nearest neighbor?
What is the moon