Sun
True Or False
The sun is a star.
True
True or False:
There are billions of stars in our solar system.
True
Which planet is the closest to the sun?
Mercury
True or False:
Earth is the only planet with zero moons.
False
Mercury has 0 moons.
Why is it called the Solar System?
All the planets orbit around the sun, sun means solar
What is the 3rd planet from the sun?
Earth
True or False:
The coldest stars are blue in color.
False
What planet is considered as "The Red Planet"?
Mars
What are the dips in the moon's surface called?
Craters
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
What is the 5th planet from the sun?
Jupiter
True or False:
The sun is the largest star.
False. The sun only appears large because it is the nearest to Earth.
What is the largest planet? is it a rocky or gas planet?
Jupiter, gas
How many moon phases are there?
8
What is the name of the dwarf planet that used to be known as a planet?
Pluto
Why is the sun important to Earth?
Keeps us warm
gives us daylight
keeps us in orbit
gives energy for life
What are groups of stars called?
Constellations
How many planets are there?
What are the rocky planets?
What are the gas planets?
8
Mercury Jupiter
Venus Saturn
Earth Uranus
Mars Neptune
What are the moon phases?
new moon
waxing crescent
first quarter moon
waxing gibbous
Full moon
Waning crescent
last quarter
Waning gibbous
New moon
What 4 things make up our solar system?
Sun
planets
moons
stars
What is the root meaning of sun?
Solar
What is a shooting star?
meteor
Tiny bits of dust or debris that enter Earth's atmosphere from space, as it burns up, the light looks as if there is a star falling from the sky.
Name all the planets in order from the sun.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Who was the first Astronaut to land on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What is the farthest planet from the sun and what is it like on its surface?
True or False
You can fit 1 million (1,000,000,000) earths inside the sun.
Neptune- blue in color because of the methane gas, extremely cold and windy.
True