SPACE

SOLAR SYSTEM

100

WHAT SEPARATES THE ROCKY PLANETS FROM THE GAS GIANTS?

ASTEROID BELT

200

WHAT PLANET(S) HAVE A RING SYSTEM?

ALL THE GAS GIANTS

300

WHAT KIND OF STAR IS OUR SUN?

YELLOW DWARF

400

NAME ALL PLANETS IN ORDER SOLAR SYSTEM IN ORDER

MERCURY                        JUPITER

VENUS                            SATURN

EARTH                            URANUS

MARS                             NEPTUNE

PLANETS

100

HOW MANY PLANETS ARE THERE?

8

200

WHAT IS THE HOTTEST PLANET?

VENUS

300

HOW IS PLUTO CLASSIFIED?

DWARF PLANET

400

WHICH PLANET HAS THE MOST MOONS?

DOUBLE YOUR SCORE IF YOU CAN SAY HOW MANY?

SATURN - 83

OTHER OBJECTS

100

what planets have no moons?

Mercury and Venus

200

what is the scientific name for a shooting star?

meteors

300

what is the scientific name for a meteor that hits the earths surface

meteorites

400

WHAT IS A COMET?

made of of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun

STARS

100

what size star is our sun compared to other stars?

very small

200

name another star

???

300

stars form patterns called ____________

constellations

400

what is the largest known star?

UY Scuti 

If UY Scuti were the center of our solar system, its photosphere, or outer shell, would reach just past the orbit of Jupiter.