These are a cooler, dark areas on the sun’s surface. Every 11 years, the sun seems to have a major breakout.
What is a sunspot
100
What is the name and shape of the galaxy that contains Earth?
What is the Milky Way Galaxy (Spiral)
100
What is the hottest planet
What is Venus
100
A distinctive pattern of stars used informally to organize a part of the sky.
What is a constellation
100
Planets orbit around the sun in this way.
Counter clockwise
200
All stars are made-up of these two gases. They are used to create energy through the process of nuclear fusion.
What is hydrogen and helium
200
Identify one of the three major types of galaxies.
What is spiral, elliptical, or irregular.
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
A place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when a star is dying.
What is a black hole
200
Another name for a small asteroid
What is a meteoroid
300
Fusion (the changing of hydrogen into helium) occurs in what part of the sun? (Hottest part)
What is the core
300
Why is Polaris called the North Star?
Because it is located directly above the north pole
300
A chunk of rock from outer space that burns up in the atmosphere is called what?
What is a meteor.
300
This astronomer is famous for having a space telescope named after him. He made observations of galaxies beyond the Milky Way
Who is Edwin Hubble
300
What is Jupiter’s “Great Red Spot"?
huge storms (Hurricane) that have been circulating around the planet for hundreds of years.
400
What impact does the sun have on our planet Earth?
The sun provides heat/light energy but can damage plant and animal life with its ultraviolet rays (UV).
400
How many constellations are there?
What is 88 constellations
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
A star ending its life in a huge explosion.
What is supernova
400
When you see a streak of light in the sky, it is a chunk of rock burning up in the atmosphere, it is called a
What is a meteor
500
Identify the stages of our star's life from beginning to end.
What is a nubula, protostar, red giant, white dwarf, and black dwarf.
500
What will happen to our sun in the next stage of its life?
Red Giant - The star's outer layers will expand and become 100X larger than our sun.
500
Distances within the Solar System can be measured in what two ways?
What is astronomical units and by the speed of light (light minutes, light years, etc)
500
What do the terms waxing and waning mean in relation to the moon phases?
When the phases are said to be waxing, the visible
portion of the moon seems to be getting larger. When
they are waning, the visible part seems to be getting
smaller. The moon waxes and wanes from right to left.
500
How long does it take for light to travel from the sun to earth?