Show:
Solar System
Space Junk
Planets
The Big Stuff
Potpourri
100
What are the nine objects that travel around the Sun called?
Planets
100
What former planet is now considered a "dwarf" in the Kuiper Belt?
Pluto
100
The Great Red Spot is on what planet?
Jupiter
100
What is Earth's closest star called?
The Sun
100
What is the "water planet?"
Earth
200
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
200
What are shooting stars more commonly called?
Meteors or meteorites.
200
What planet is generally considered Earth's twin?
Venus
200
Earth is a part of the Milky Way ____________?
Galaxy
200
How are craters, or surface scars, created?
From impacts from space debris
300
One complete trip of an object around the Sun is called a year. How long is Earth's year?
365.25 days
300
What are the "dirty snowballs" called (made of ice, rock, and dust)?
Comets
300
Which planet has giant rings?
Saturn
300
What force holds people on Earth?
Gravity
300
Why can't we live on the moon?
There is no water or atmosphere (air)
400
Name the 4 planets in the Inner Planetary system.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
400
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is what 'belt?'
Asteroid Belt
400
What planet has been called "the planet that was knocked on its side?"
Uranus
400
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
400
Which planets have rings?
The Gas Giants: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
500
Name the 4 planets in the Outer Planetary system.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
What is a collection of stars called?
A constellation
500
What planet rotates backwards, and has a day longer than its year?
Venus
500
On what planet is the largest volcano in our solar system?
Mars
500
How many moons are in the Inner Planetary system
Three: Earth's moon, and Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos