The Solar System And Beyond.

Question 0

What does day mean?

Answer 0

The time taken for a planet to complete one rotation on its own axis.

Question 1

What does Orbit mean?

Answer 1

The path that objects follow around the Sun or other objects.

Question 2

What does solstice mean?

Answer 2

The longest or shortest day of the year.

Question 3

What does equinox mean?

Answer 3

The days of the year where night and day are of equal length.

Question 4

What does hemisphere mean?

Answer 4

Half the earth divided along a continuous plane, e.g the Northern and Southern Hemispheres divided by the equator.

Question 5

What does equator mean?

Answer 5

An imaginary line that runs around the Earth at ninety degrees to the axis of rotation.

Question 6

What is the first stage of the phases of the moon?

Answer 6

New moon

Question 7

What is the second stage of the the phases of the moon?

Answer 7

Crescent moon

Question 8

What is the third stage of the phases of the moon?

Answer 8

Half moon

Question 9

What is fourth stage of the phases of the moon?

Answer 9

Full moon

Question 10

What is the sixth stage of the phases of the moon?

Answer 10

Gibbous moon

Question 11

What is the seventh stage of the phases of the moon?

Answer 11

Half moon

Question 12

What is the eighth stage of the phases of the moon?

Answer 12

Crescent moon

Question 13

What is the last stage of the phases of the moon.

Answer 13

New moon

Question 14

Put these in order with smallest first:

Moon, star, planet, galaxy, solar system and universe

Answer 14

Moon
Planet 
Star 
Solar system 
Galaxy universe

Question 15

Which planets are terrestrial?

rocky

Answer 15

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars

Question 16

Which planets are gas giants?

Gaseous

Answer 16

Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus

Question 17

Is Pluto a normal or dwarf planet?

Answer 17

Dwarf

Question 18

Name three dwarf planets

Answer 18

Pluto, Eris, Ceres

Question 19

Is this true or false?

There are 9 planets and one asteroid belt?

Answer 19

False

There are 8 planets and one asteroid belt

Question 20

Which planet is the closest to the sun?

Answer 20

Mercury

Question 21

Which planet is the largest?

Answer 21

Jupiter

Question 22

Which planet is the furthest away from the Sun?

Answer 22

Neptune

Question 23

Which planet has the biggest rings?

Answer 23

Saturn

Question 24

Which two planets are closest to the Earth?

Answer 24

Venus and Mars

Question 25

Which planet is the only one which has living things?

Answer 25

Earth