Stars
Planets
Universe
Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
100
These stars are the coolest.
What is red?
100
This is the only planet with oxygen and water.
What is Earth?
100
How long ago did our solar system form?
4.6 billion years ago.
100
A scientist that studies objects in space.
What is an astronomer?
100
The layer of gases around the Earth.
What is atmosphere?
200
These are the hottest stars.
What is blue?
200
This is the closest planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
200
These two things had to happen before life could form on Earth.
What is the formation of an atmosphere an liquid water?
200
2.41 x 1030 Mega Electron volts of energy are produced every second through this type of energy production on the sun.
What is nuclear fusion
200
We live in this galaxy.
What is The Milky Way?
300
This is used by scientists to determine the temperature of a star.
What is the color?
300
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
300
Which planet is closer to its star:
Planet A, orbital period 4 days.
Planet B, orbital period 8 days.
What is Planet A?
300
This force is what holds our solar system together.
What is gravity?
300
Three things we know about light.
The speed of light is the fastest thing in existence.
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second)
Light gives off heat
Light is a beam of energy that travels in waves
Waves are measured in wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum
Light is made of all the colors together
The color of something is actually the color it reflects. Every other color is absorbed.
400
Our sun is one of these.
What is a star?
400
List the four inner planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
400
A group of stars that form a patttern.
What is a constellation?
400
Scientists use this to see other planets, stars, and galaxies.
What is a telescope?
400
Which color of light has the shortest wavelength?
What is blue?
500
Stars start with a large amount of this gas.
What is a hydrogen?
500
These are the four outer planets.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
500
A group of stars, planets, gases, and dust. Elliptical, spiral and irregular are examples.
What is a galaxy?
500
The name of the varying lengths and intensities of all the types of wave-causing energy we detect. Hint: spectrum is in the answer.
What is the Electromagnetic Radiation Spectrum?
500
I found a star that is 11x the size of our sun. What will be the main stages of its life cycle?
Main Sequence, Red Giant, Neutron Star.