Show:
Who Am I
Stars and
Galaxies
Solar System
Odds and Ends
Planets
100

I was the first to say the Earth revolves around the sun....everyone else believed all things revolved around Earth

Who is Copernicus?

100

This is the knowledge of the stars or the study of outer space

What is astronomy?

100
Planets that are rocky and dense and found within the inner solar system are referred to as this term?
What is terrestrial
100

This is my favorite astronomy teacher.

Uh duh!  Who is Miss Jennie or Mrs. Campbell...i'll also accept Mr. Demaio

100

If you're a planet you're one of these two terms.  You can either land on it or sink into it

What is terrestrial and gaseous (gas giant)?

200

I was the first to use the telescope to study outer space.

Who is Galileo?

200

What is the name  of the galaxy that contains Earth?

What is the Milky Way Galaxy (Spiral)

200
Large chuck of ice, dust, gasses, and rock that orbit the sun. They are sometimes referred to as "dirty snowballs"
What are comets.
200

First astronaut on the moon and his crew.

Who is Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

200

This is the second largest and the lightest planet in the solar system. It's so light that its density would allow it to float on water.

What is Saturn.

300

I am America's space program

Who is NASA? National Aeronautics Space Administration

300

True or False:  The Big Dipper is a contellation

False: it is an asterism, part of a large constellation know as Ursa Major

300
A chunk of rock from outer space that burns up in the atmosphere.
What is a meteor.
300

This country seemed to be winning the Space Race by getting Sputnik into orbit.

What is Russia?

300

This planet takes the longest to orbit the sun, 164 years!

What is Neptune?

400

I am 93,000,000 miles from Earth

Who is the sun?

400

What is a constellation?

What is a group of stars that form a pattern and can make a dot-to-dot picture.  

400
Name the eight planets in order from the sun starting with the closest to the sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
400

Explain what it means to orbit vs. rotate

Orbit is an object moving around another object.  Rotate is an object spinning on it's axis

400

Scientists are studying and hope to live on this planet someday

What is Mars?

500

Although all four gas giants have rings, mine are the most spectacular

Who is Saturn?

500

This is a collapsed star that is so small and massive that it's gravity pulls in everything, even light, near it.

What is a black hole?

500

We use rulers to measure.  This is what we have to use though to measure God's universe

What are light years?

500

Dust particles from a comet that enter our atmosphere light on fire and are often incorrectly called this

What is a shooting star?

500

This planet is super hot during the day (800 degrees) but super cold at night (-300 degrees) because it has no atmosphere...this also allowed it to have lots of craters.

What is Mercury?