The Planets
T/F: Venus is a Terrestrial Planet
True :D
Which country probably invented rockets first?
China
An object that orbits another object in space is called an _____
Satellite
What is the Chromosphere?
Our Sun's atmosphere
What is the imaginary line which a planet rotates on?
It's Axis
What is a planet?
Object in the Solar System that orbits around the Sun and is big enough fir it's own gravity to keep it in a shape of a sphere.
What is the name of our governments famous space agency?
NASA
What is the ISS?
International Space Staion
Dark spots on the photosphere are called ____
Sun Spots
In the Vernal Equinox, what season is it?
Spring
What are Terrestrial Planets?
Planets that are rocky, dense, and Earth-like in composition
Which American launched the very first liquid-fueled rocket?
(First name only or last name only counts too)
Robert Goddard
What a specialized, mobile robotic vehicle designed to land and traverse the surface of planets and moons. There is one exploring Mars right now.
A rover
(ig a lander would count too?)
Outermost part of our Sun
Corona
What month and day does winter begin?
December 21 or 22
DOUBLE POINTS!: What is an Exo-planet?
A planet that orbits another star outside our Solar System.
First American to land on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Finish the sentence:
Probes are research spacecrafts sent beyond....
Earth's orbit
Huge streams of gas that stretch out past our Sun's chromosphere and into the Corona is called ____
Solar Prominence
Each orbit that a planet makes a round the the sun is called a revolution, or ___
T/F: Pluto is not considered a dwarf planet
False, Pluto was considered a dwarf planet in August 24, 2006
DOUBLE POINTS!: What is the long version of NASA?
National Aeronautics Space Administration
Expandable, sun-powered spacecrafts are called ___
Solar Sails
Created from an explosion of a Solar Storm from the Sun's photosphere.
Solar Flares
A day on a planet is one complete ____ on it's axis
rotation