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Astronomy
Astronomy
Question: What is the earth,planets, sun, stars and everything in space called?
Answer: universe
Question: What is the study of the universe called?
Answer: astronomy
Question: What is the sun and all the other planets that travel around the sun called?
Answer: solar system
Question: Which early astronomer discovered the moons of Jupiter through telescopes that he built himself?
Answer: Galileo
Question: Which early astronomer first believed that the earth revolved around the sun?
Answer: Copernicus
The Sun and Moon
Question: What is the name of the dark spots that appear on the sun, which are cooler than the rest of the sun?
Answer: sunspots
Question: What are the names of the large bursts of fire that dart out from the sun?
Answer: solar flares
Question: What is a solar eclipse?
Answer: when the moon passes between the earth and the sun
Question: What is a lunar eclipse?
Answer: when the earth is between the moon and the sun
Question: Why do we have ocean tides?
Answer: because the moon's gravity pulls on the ocean, causing it to bulge
The Planets
Question: When does it get cold on Mercury and why?
Answer: At night because Mercury has no atmosphere to hold to hold in the heat
Question: What is the atmosphere like on Venus?
Answer: Thick acidic clouds
Question: What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter
Answer: a storm
Question: What are Saturn's rings made of?
Answer: dust ice and rocks
Question: What gas gives Uranus and Neptune their blue/blue-green appearance?
Answer: methane
Space Rocks
Question: What is a comet?
Answer: a large ball of ice, dirt and rock that orbits the sun
Question: What is an asteroid?
Answer: a very large space rock
Question: What is a meteorite?
Answer: a space rock that has hit the earth
Question: Where is the asteroid belt?
Answer: between Mars and Jupiter
Question: Which planet protects the earth by pulling large comets into itself?
Answer: Jupiter
Stars and Galaxies
Question: What is a constellation?
Answer: a group of stars that seem to form the shape of a person or object
Question: What is our galaxy called?
Answer: the Milky Way
Question: What is Polaris?
Answer: the North Star
Question: What are supernovas?
Answer: exploding stars
Question: Name the four kinds of galaxies?
Answer: spiral, lenticular,elliptical,irregular