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Space – Align the Stars
1. The sun, together with all the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors that orbit around it,
collectively make up our _____________.
Answer: Solar System
2. What theory suggests that the universe was created after a huge explosion?
Answer: Big Bang Theory
3. How many planets are in our solar system?
Answer: 8
4. Which planet has been removed from the list of planets by the International Astronomical Union.
This planet is now considered a dwarf planet.
Answer: Pluto
5. What do we call the second full moon that appears in a month?
Answer: Blue Moon
6. Huge fragments of rock left spinning in space and orbit the sun are called __________.
Answer: Asteroids
7. What was the first creature to orbit the Earth aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 on November
3, 1957?
Answer: A dog named Laika
8. Who was the first person in space?
Answer: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, orbited the earth on April 12, 1961
9. A group of satellites doing the same kind of work are called a _________________.
Answer: constellation
10. A group of billions of stars, dust and gas bound together by gravitational force is called a
_____________.
Answer: Galaxy
11. Pairs of stars which revolve around the same center of gravity are known as __________.
Answer: Binary Stars
12. What is the brightest known star?
Answer: Pistol Star (10 million x brighter than the sun)
13. How many rings do Jupiter and Uranus have?
Answer: Jupiter 3 – not even seen with most powerful telescopes; Uranus 11;
14. __________ is when the moon comes between the sun and the earth blocking the sun from our
view.
Answer: Solar Eclipse
15. Storms on the surface of the sun which appear as dark areas in satellite pictures are called
__________.
Answer: Sunspots
16. Which planet is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury
17. Which planet is considered the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
18. What is the largest planet? A thousand Earths could fit inside of it.
Answer: Jupiter
19. What three planets have rings?
Answer: Saturn, Jupiter, and Uranus
20. What do Saturn’s rings consist of?
Answer: Dust particles and pieces of ice; the ice reflects light, causing the rings to shine