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Our Closest Star
Cosmic Colors
Satellites
Our Solar System
Space Trivia
100
It's the closest star to planet Earth.
What is the sun
100
The "______" spectrum includes all types of light and radiation.
What is electromagnetic
100
The circular path that satellites travel around the earth or other object.
What is orbit
100
The number of official planets in our solar system.
What is 8
100
He was the first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong
200
This is what we call a sun and all its planets.
What is a solar system
200
The unit of measurment we use to measure light waves to see how long they are.
What is wavelength
200
The long waves that satellites use to send signals back to earth are called "_____" waves.
What is radio
200
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter
200
This is a 3 letter word that the Romans used for our sun - now it's part of a bigger word that we use to describe things that have to do with the sun.
What is "sol"
300
This object is at the center of our solar system.
What is the sun
300
True or false: We can see every wavelength of light with our eyes.
What is false
300
The name of the 2-number system that satellites and computers use to communicate.
What is binary
300
The planet that is almost the same size as earth.
What is Venus
300
The name the Greeks gave the sun - kind of sounds like what you might put in a balloon.
What is Helios
400
The number of planets in our solar system.
What is 8
400
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum we can see.
What is the visible spectrum
400
The 2 numbers the binary system uses.
What is 0 and 1
400
The farthest official planet from our sun.
What is Neptune
400
The distance across the Milky Way galaxy in lightyears.
What is 100,000
500
This is the distance from the earth to the sun.
What is 93 million miles
500
The study of colors given off by plasma in stars that can help us figure out what those stars are made of.
What is spectroscopy
500
The binary system uses 2 numerals so it is called a "base 2 counting system". The counting system humans use every day is called a base "__" system
What is 10
500
The area between Mars and Jupiter that contains lots of gigantic space rocks.
What is the asteroid belt
500
This is the closest star after the sun.
What is Alpha Centauri