Motions
Miscellaneous
Planets!
Our Place in Space
Stars
Wild Card
100
Along with revolution around the sun, this causes the Earth to have 4 seasons:
Tilt of the Earth (precisely 23.5 degrees)
100
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
100
What was once a planet, now considered a Dwarf Planet?
Pluto
100
Earth's closest star
What is the sun
100
What star is closest to Earth?
The Sun!
100
Name an orbital NASA telescope that is currently sending back high quality images of deep space
James Webb Telescope and/or Hubble
200
What do we call the movement of the Earth around the Sun?
Revolution
200
The gravitational pull of the Moon on Earth's oceans results in...
tides
200
This planet has a runaway greenhouse effect and is very hot
What is Venus
200
Term for a group/pattern of stars
What is a constellation
200
What is the name of this galaxy? (It is the closest to earth)
Andromeda
200
In what planet do we have rovers traveling around to collect data?
Mars
300
The spinning of the earth around it's axis is called
Rotation
300
When there is two full moons in one month
Blue moon
300
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
300
What is the only other planet in our solar system that is believed to be able to sustain life?
Mars
300
How old is the Earth?
A) 3.69 billion years old
B) 6.87 billion years old
C) 4.54 billion years old
D) 10.43 billion years old
C) 4.54 billion years old
300
What was the name of the first dog to reach space?
Laika
400
How long does a rotation of the Earth around its axis take?
About 24 hours
400
One revolution around the sun on Earth is how long?
365 days
400
How many planets in our solar system
what is 8
400
What is a light-year
the distance light can travel in one year
400
What word means relating to, or of the sun?
Solar
400
The first human being in space
Yuri Gagarin
500
What motion causes us to see different stars at different times of the year
Earths orbit around the sun
Revolution around sun
500
In what season are we closest to the sun?
Winter
500
This planet has the greatest tilt
Uranus
500
What is the name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun?
Orbit
500
When the moon blocks the light from the sun we call it:
Solar eclipse (April 8th 2024)
500
The most distant man-made craft in space. It carries with it messages from earth
Voyager I