Rocky Planets and Gas Giants
The closest planet to the sun.
Mercury! It's extreme temperature changes from very hot to very cold due to its rotation as well as lack of greenhouse gases (Gases help trap heat).
Definition of a star.
A huge ball of hot glowing gases held together by its own gravity!
There are 8 stages of the Moon's illumination. These are called the...
Lunar Phases! Monitoring how the Moon changed in this way was the basis of some of our the earliest calendars.
The most common types of Black Holes.
Stellar and Supermassive Black Holes are the most common! (answering either one is correct)
Hellas Basin is a huge [Blank] on Mars. It is filled with dust that is responsible for the massive dust storms across the planet.
Crater!
The place where baby stars are formed from a giant molecular cloud.
A Stellar Nursery! Awww the little baby stars :D
The name of the first successful space mission ot bring and land people onto the moon.
Apollo 11. it really did happen. trust.
Another name for the point of no return.
The Event Horizon! When crossed, the gravity inside the black hole is too strong for anything, such as light, to escape.
The kind of rain that occurs on the planet Uranus. (i.e acid rain, rock rain, etc. It is not one of those though).
Diamond rain! Expensive.
When a Red Giant explodes and releases so much energy that it can shine brighter than an entire galaxy.
Supernova! Make sure to wear your sunglasses folks...
The name for when the Sun is illuminating one entire side of the moon. (Remember your moon phases...)
A full moon! This is technically the real "half moon" since only the front-visible half is lit up. However, the back-half is still dark. That is the "dark side of the moon" if you have ever heard of that phrase.
True or False: Black Holes are invisible so in order to detect them, we must analyze nearby matter and how it is affected by gravity and other forces.
[Blank] is the condition of the air or atmosphere minute by minute, whereas [Blank] is weather over a long period of time in a specific area.
Weather, Climate!
Hydrogen gas turns into this other element constantly in a process called nuclear fusion.
Helium! The extreme heat and pressure of the core of the sun drives this reaction.
The amount of moons that orbit our solar system.
150! That's 15 x 10.. oh wait this isn't math minutes my bad.
The name of the Black Hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Sagittarius A!