Planets
What is earth mostly covered with?
Water
What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky Way
What is a telescope used for?
Seeing things that are far away
True or False: Mars has more than one moon.
True
What is the Sun?
A Star
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
What is the farthest planet from the Sun?
Neptune
What is a galaxy?
A large group of gas, stars, and dust
How many days does it take for the earth to go around the sun
365 days
What force holds the planets in orbit around the Sun?
Gravity
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
What planet has a Great Red Spot (a big storm)?
Jupiter
What do we call the path a planet takes around the Sun?
An orbit
What do we call a rock from space that burns up in Earth’s sky?
A Meteor
What gases make up most of the Sun?
Hydrogen and helium
What planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars
What planet spins on its side?
Uranus
What do you call someone who studies space?
An astronomer
What is the name of Earth’s moon?
Luna
How far away from the sun was earth in our basketball demonstration
1.5 miles
Which planet has beautiful rings?
Saturn
What planet is called Earth’s “twin”?
Venus
What is a constellation?
A group of stars that form a picture
What is a comet mostly made of?
Ice, Dust, and Rock
What kind of energy does the Sun give us?
Heat and light