Planets and Stars
Planets and Stars
Space 1
Space 2
Space 3
100
This is the only planet that can sustain life
What is the Earth
100
This is a huge ball of burning gases that produces light and heat
What is sun or star
100
Large mass in space that has no light of its own
What is a planet
100
The distance light travels in a year
What is a light year
100
A very old, huge, reddish star
What is a red giant
200
This planet is farthest from the Sun
What is Pluto
200
This planet is 6th from the sun and has many rings around it
What is Saturn
200
A cloud of gases and dust from which a new star is formed
What is a nebula
200
Absolutely everything that exists
What is the universe
200
The star found over the North pole
What is Polaris
300
This planet is the largest of the planets and 5th from the sun.
What is Jupitor
300
This planet is closest to the sun
What is mercury
300
Has gravity so strong light can't escape
What is a black hole
300
A giant exploding star that has run out of fuel.
What is a supernova
300
An instrument for viewing distant objects in space
What is a telescope
400
This planet is the hottest planet even though it is second from the sun
What is Venus
400
This planet is 4th from the sun and the last of the inner planets
What is Mars
400
An object that revolves around another
What is a satellite
400
A group of stars that form a pattern
What is a constellation
400
Ice, dust, rock, and gas that can have a tail
What is a comet
500
This planet has rings like Saturn only they go a different way. It is the 7th planet.
What is Uranus
500
This planet is 8th from the sun
What is Neptune
500
The brightness of a star
What is magnitude
500
A cluster of stars held together with gravity
What is a galaxy
500
The spin of the Earth on its axis
What is rotation