Stars
This is the closest star to Earth.
What is the Sun. Fact: the Sun is 93 million miles from Earth.
What is the name of the category for the four planets closest to the sun?
What are Terrestrial Planets.
This is the planet that is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury
This used to be a planet, however, in 2006 it was changed to a dwarf planet.
What is Pluto.
The sun consists of many layers of ______. Choices: liquid, burning gases, or rocky material
What is burning gases. Fun fact: these gases create intensely bright light.
This is a type of star that varies in brightness.
What is a cepheid star
What is the name for the model of the universe that places the Earth at the center?
What is geocentric.
This is the second planet from the sun.
What is Venus.
This planet is made up of liquid and gas. It also has an area of clouds known as the Great Red Spot.
What is Jupiter.
The center of the sun is called the _______. Choices: crust, core, or center.
What is the method that Greek philosophers came up with to determine how far away a star is in the sky?
What is parallax.
What is the name for the model of the universe that places the sun at the center?
What is heliocentric.
This planet was named after the Roman god of war.
What is Mars.
This is the name of the galaxy that our solar system is a part of.
What is the Milky Way galaxy.
These are dark patches or blotches that appear on the sun. They were discovered using the technology of the telescope.
A star begins as this_________, a huge cloud of dust and gas in space.
What is a nebula or solar nebula
Who was responsible for creating the heliocentric model of the universe?
Who is Nicolas Copernicus
This planet has the fastest rotational speed in our solar system.
This planet has two small satellites which were named for companions of the mythological character Mars. Choices: Pathos and Lobos, or Phobos and Deimos
What are Phobos and Deimos. Fun fact, Phobos means fear and Deimos means panic.
This star is a mass of hot burning gases, mostly hydrogen and helium.
What is the sun.
When a star dies and explodes.
What is a super nova.
Who was responsible for creating the geocentric model of the universe?
Who is Ptolemy
This planet is known for rotating on its side.
What is Uranus.
Long ago, scientists believed that this planet was the center of the solar system.
What is Earth.
List the 8 planets starting with the closest to furthest from the Sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune