Planets
How many Planets are there in our Solar System
What is eight
Who discovered NASA?
Who is President Dwight Eisenhower
What is a meteor?
What is a small piece of space debris, a meteoroid, that burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere, creating a bright streak of light, often referred to as a shooting star
Approximately how hot is the Sun?
What is about 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit
True or False, a lunar eclipse is when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun
What is False
The largest Planet is...
What is Jupiter
What was NASA's first goal?
What is to place a man on the moon
What is a meteorite?
What is a meteor that has survived its journey through Earth's atmosphere and landed on the planet's surface.
About how many miles is the Sun from the Earth?
What is about 93 million miles
True or False, the same side of the moon always faces the Earth
What is True
What is the fourth Planet from the Sun
What is Mars
When was NASA discovered?
What is 1958
What is a meteoroid?
what are particles in space that are to small to be called an asteroid or a comet
Why is the Sun so important to us?
What is it gives us the light and heat we need
A ___ moon you cannot see
What is a NEW moon
Name the Planets in order from the Sun
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
NASA stands for
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The gap between Mars and Jupiter
What is the Asteroid Belt
The two gases that make up the Sun
What are Hydrogen and Helium
What causes the divots that you see in the moon??
What are meteors that have hit the surface of the moon
The names of the dwarf Planets are...
What are Pluto and Eris
What is NASA?
What is It is an outgrowth of the National Advisory Committee on Administration, an organization that was already working to improve aircraft
What special feature does a comet have?
What is They shoot off a dust tail that can be different colors
What are Sunspots?
What are Cooler and darker spots than the spots around them
The two Planets that DON'T have moons
What are Mercury and Venus