Solar System
What kind of star is our sun?
A Yellow Dwarf.
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
Name a rover on Mars.
Perseverance
Opportunity
Curiosity
Spirit
Sojourner
What is the part of the moon cycle when the moon appears to grow?
Waxing
How our Earth goes around the sun is called a ?
Which Apollo mission was Neil Armstrong on when he stepped on the moon?
Apollo 11
What planets are considered gas giants?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
What was the name of the moon lander from Apollo 11?
The Eagle
When a star explodes it is called a ?
Supernova
When the Earth rotates on its axis it causes ?
Day and Night
Which planets are terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
What is a constellation?
A group of stars that form an image.
This planet has a moon named Europa.
Jupiter
Which planet has the most moons in our solar system?
What was the name of the theory of how our solar system was created called?
Big Bang Theory
Which planet is the hottest planet?
Venus
The sun's energy comes from what process?
nuclear fusion
What type of planet is pluto?
Dwarf Planet
What type of galaxy is our solar system?
Spiral Galaxy
What must a rocket achieve in order to escape Earth's gravity?
Escape Velocity
The term heliocentric means what about our solar system?
That the sun is the center of our solar system.
Name the 8 planets in our solar system in the correct order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
A large cloud of gas and dust where stars are born are called ?
Nebula
What is the actual distance of 23.5 x 107 miles?
235,000,000 miles
What are the dark flat areas of the moon's surface called?
Maria