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Definitions
100

This planet is the largest in our solar system.

What is Jupiter?

100

This is the closest star to earth.

What is the Sun (Sol)?

100

This is the smallest planet in the solar system.

What is Mercury?

100

Large bodies of water. There are 4 on earth.

What is an Ocean?

100

The planet on which we all live.

What is the Earth?

200

This is the hottest planet in our solar system.

What is Venus?

200

Sol, which is the scientific name for this star.

What is the sun?

200

How many stars are in our solar system?

1

200

Large land masses where multiple countries can be found.

What is a continent?

200

A large celestial body that revolves around a star.

What is a planet?

300
This celestial body used to be considered a planet.

What is Pluto?

300

A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern.

What is a constellation?

300

Planets are held in orbit by this force.

What is gravity?

300

This caused the earth's continents to split apart.

What are Tectonic Plates?

300

A fixed luminous point in the night sky.

What is a star?

400

This planet is called "The Red Planet."

What is Mars?

400

When massive stars collapse, they turn into this.

What is a black hole?

400

This separates the first half of the planets from the second half.

What is the Asteroid Belt?

400

How old is Earth?

a. 233 Million years old

b. 4.5 Billion years old

c. 9,000 years old


B. 4.5 Billion years old

400

The collection of 8 planets and their moons in orbit around the sun.

What is the Solar System?

500

This planet has the most confirmed moons.

What is Jupiter?

500

This explosion of light is what happens when a star dies.

What is a supernova?

500

Name all the planets in order.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

500

This was the name of the supercontinent that existed 335 million years ago.

What is Pangea?

500

A system of millions or billions of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity.

What is a galaxy?