I'm A Star
Stars can be seen because they ______ their own light. The Sun is an example.
What is Emit?
The number of planets in our solar system.
What is 8?
The Sun is the closest one to Earth.
What is Star?
Smaller than a planet but a large rocky body that orbits the sun. Many are located between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an Asteroid?
The telescope responsible for many current space discoveries.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
The closest star to Earth.
What is the Sun?
The third planet from the sun.
What is Earth?
Light from the Moon and other planets is _______ for us to see them.
A small piece of an asteroid or Comet that is orbiting in space but has not entered an atmosphere of a planet.
What is a Meteroid?
This happened on July 20, 1969. (Apollo 11)
What is the Moon Landing?
The name of the Galaxy we are a part of.
What is Milky Way?
These 4 planets are considered the "inner planets".
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars?
This season has the shortest shadows, longest daylight, and most direct sunlight.
What is Summer?
A meteroid that did not burn up in the atmosphere.
What is a Meteorite?
Italian scientist who built a telescope and observed 4 moons of Jupiter with it.
Who is Galileo?
A name for a group of stars.
What is a Constellation?
These 4 planets are considered the "Gas Giants" and are the outer planets.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
When the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun casting a shadown on Earth.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
Another name for a shooting star.
What is a Meteor?
Name of the first ever satelite launched into orbit by the Soviet Union in 1957.
What is Sputnik 1?
The closest Galaxy to the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is Andromeda Galaxy?
The name of celestial bodies that do not meet the 3 criteria of a planet.
What is a Dwarf Planet?
Complete the following cycle:
New moon -> Waxing crescent -> First quarter -> _______ -> _______ -> Waning Gibbous -> _______ -> Waning Crescent
What is Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon and Third Quarter
These cover surfaces of planets that have had several asteroid and meteorite impacts.
What is a Crater?
The time it takes an object travelling at the speed of light to reach Earth. Sunlight takes 3 minutes.
What is a Light Year?