The Solar System
Stars and Galaxies
Name that Alien!
Space Vocabulary
Space Technology and Exploration
100
The planet that we call home.
What is Earth?
100

The closest star to Earth.


What is the Sun?

100

What is Toy Story?

100
The time it takes Earth to make one revolution around the sun.

What is 365 days?

100

The name for a person who travels into space.

What is an astronaut?

200
This planet is known for its rings.
What is Saturn?
200

The name of our galaxy.

What is the Milky Way?

200

Rock and iron objects that orbit the Sun.

What are asteroids?

200

The vehicle used to take scientists to space for many years before being retired. 

What is the space shuttle?

300
This is the largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
300

The shape of our galaxy.

What is a spiral galaxy?

300

A chunk of frozen gas, rock, ice, and dust

What is a comet?

300

The name of the hub where scientists from all over the world gather in space to conduct experiments.

What is the International Space Station?

400
This (former) planet was reclassified because of its small size and different orbit.
What is Pluto?
400

This is the name for the explosion of a star at the end of its life cycle.

What is a supernova?

400

Who is E.T.?

400

The imaginary line that goes through Earth from pole to pole.

What is axis?

400

The name of the first deep space telescope that provided images that changed the way we see space. It was launched in 1990 and still operates today.

What is the Hubble Telescope?

500
This planet is named after the Roman goddess of love.
What is Venus?
500

This is where our Sun is on the HR diagram. (ex: red giant, main sequence, white dwarf, etc...)

What is the Main Sequence?

500

A region of space that has such strong gravity that matter cannot escape it.

What is a black hole?

500

The Parker Space Probe just took us closer than ever before to this object in space.

What is the Sun?