Planets
What is the third planet from the sun?
Earth
What object has the strongest gravitational pull in the universe?
Black Hole
What is it called when the moon appears to be growing?
Waxing
What does every star begin inside of?
Nebula
What do satellites orbit?
Any other object
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What is an explosion of a massive star called?
Supernova
How long is the moon cycle?
29.5 days
What is the main stage of a star's life called?
Main sequence stage
What is an artificial satellite?
A man made object that orbits another object
What are the planets called before the asteroid belt?
The inner planets
What are neutron stars made almost entirely of?
Neutrons
Why do we only ever see one side of the moon at a time?
What determines how a star dies?
Its mass
What is always pulling satellites towards earth?
Gravity
Which planet is known as the "red planet"
Mars
What protects the earth from solar flares?
The magnetosphere
Satellite
What happens to most massive stars when they die?
They go supernova
Weather
What type of planet is Venus
Terrestrial
DAILY DOUBLE
What is a coronal mass ejection?
What is the last phase of the moon cycle called before it is a new moon?
Waning Crescent
What happens to medium size stars when they begin to die?
They become white dwarfs
What two things keep objects in orbit?