The Sun
The Moon
Solar System
The Stars and Other Stuff
Vocabulary Terms
Random
100
The sun rises in the ________ and sets in the _________.
East, West
100
Rank the following objects from smallest to largest:
Moon Sun Earth
moon, earth, sun
100
How many days does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?
365.25 Days
100
What is the central and only star in our solar system?
The Sun
100
The path the earth takes when it revolves around the sun.
orbit
100
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200
What stage of its's life is the sun currently in?
main sequence; heat and light
200
What is the name of the moon phase where it appears that there is no moon at all?
New Moon
200
What longer word do we use to describe the "rocky" planets?
terrestrial
200
What is located between Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid Belt
200
To spin around on a fixed point.
rotate
200
What side of the hall do we walk on?
Right side
300
What gasses primarily compose the sun?
Hydrogen and Helium
300
How many days does it take for the moon to complete one revolution around the Earth?
28 or 29.5
300
What planets are considered to be gaseous?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
300
What are the three parts of a comet?
Nucleus, coma, tail
300
An imaginary line going through an object around which it turns.
axis
300
Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?
What is Jupiter?
400
The sun is a _ sized star.
small middle large
middle
400
If Werewolves were real, how often would they be transformed into wolves and why do you think so?
Once a month, because that is how often we have a full moon.
400
This planet has a VERY tilted Axis
Uranus
400
Stars life cycle is based on its what?
Mass
400
When one object moves around another larger object.
revolve
400
I can never be thrown but I can be caught. Ways to lose me are always being sought. What am I?
A cold
500
How far away is the sun from the earth? ____ million.
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About 93 million miles away
500
Name the moon phase: 
waxing gibbous
500
This planet has at least 62 moons
Jupiter
500
Name the three types of galaxy.
Spiral, Irregular, Elliptical
500
The angle at which the Earth leans on its axis that is responsible for the change in seasons.
tilt
500
I have branches but not trunk, fruit, or leaves. What am I?
Bank
or
Government
600
The sun is in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. True or False
False
600
Name the moon phase:
Waning Crescent
600
This planet uses the greenhouse effect to maintain a significant amount of heat.
Venus
600
What telescope took this picture? Extra 100 points if you tell who the telescope is named after. (first and last name)
Hubble
Edwin Hubble
600
A group of objects that revolve around a single star.
Solar System
600
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