What's in the Cosmos
This planet has at least 150 moons and moonlets.
Saturn
What is a large group of stars called?
Galaxy
What does rotate mean?
To spin on an axis.
When the north pole is titled toward the sun, we are in which season?
Summer
How much of the moon is lit in the gibbous stage?
How many planets are there in the solar system?
8 - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
What is the galaxy called that Earth is part of?
Milky Way
What word means to go around or orbit something?
Revolve
When is out planet closest to the sun?
January
What shape is the moon orbit around Earth?
Mostly round
How many rings does Saturn have?
7
What are stars made of?
Burning hydrogen gas.
Earth's axis is tilted how much?
23.5 degrees
How much of the moon is lit by the suns light?
50%
What is a comet made from?
Mixture of gasses, dust and ice that is illuminated (lit) by the light of the Sun.
What dwarf planet used to be a planet?
Pluto
What is a shooting star?
A piece of rock or metal that burns up as it passes through Earth' atmosphere or a meteorite.
24 hours
What does waning mean?
Shrinking
What constellation is never in the sky when Scorpius is?
Orion
Why did Pluto appear to be red on the flyover video we saw?
Radiation from the sun reacts with methane gas on the dwarf planets surface leaving behind a reddish brown residue.
What are the 4 ways we can classify stars?
By mass, colour, brightness, and temperature.
What caused the Earth's axis to tilt?
Most likely a collision with a large planetary body.
The lit part of the moon is on the right hand side in which phase?
Waxing
What is Ms. B's favourite star?
Betelgeuse