General Solar System
The distance from the Earth to the Sun, about 93 million miles.
What is 1 Astronomical Unit (AU)?
Has the largest volcano in the Solar System and is about 70% the size of Earth.
What is Mars?
This gas giant is known for it's beautiful rings.
What is Saturn?
The loose collection of space rocks that is between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the asteroid belt?
This planet could float in a bathtub.
What is Saturn?
Any type of smaller, rocky body that is stuck orbiting a planet.
What are moons?
The only planet with active volcanism AND plate tectonics.
What is Earth?
This planet has a giant red spot that is actually a storm.
What is Jupiter?
This dwarf planet has a land area smaller than Russia.
What is Pluto?
For 200 points, pronounce "Uranus" using the Greek inflection.
Oo-rah-noos (Uranus)
So Many Violent Elephants Made Juice Smoothies Under Nevada.
What is "Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune"?
These two planets are the only rocky planets that have their own natural moons.
What are Earth and Mars?
These two planets have a striking blue appearance to them because of the methane gas (the same gas that is in farts).
What are Uranus and Neptune?
These icy bodies start to make "trails" as their squished orbits bring them close to the sun.
What are comets?
This planet could fit 1,300 Earths inside of it and is so big it could've been a small star.
What is Jupiter?
This giant ball of gas is constantly blasting planets in Solar System with radiation.
What is The Sun?
About 480 degrees Celsius, an atmosphere of sulfur gas, and yellow skies.
What is the surface of Venus?
This gas giant orbits the sun completely sideways.
What is Uranus?
This asteroid had samples brought back to Earth and seems to have some chemistry that indicates early signs of life.
What is Bennu?
Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars, named for companions of the Roman God of War. In English this translates to ...
What is "Fear" and "Despair"?
This is the name we give to the region of the space dominated by the power of our Sun.
What is the Heliopause?
On this planet, if you were about 4 years old you would only have been alive for 6 days.
What is Mercury?
A giant storm in the outer solar system that has been visible to astronomers for hundreds of years.
What is Jupiter's Big Red Spot?
These two rocky bodies in the asteroid belt are almost the size of dwarf planets.
What are Ceres and Vesta?
This is the star that is closest to our Sun.
What is Proxima Centauri?