Year 7 Space

The objects seen in the up in the night sky are know as:

• White Dots

• Celestial Objects

• Space Freckles

• UFO's

The scientists who study celestial objects are known as...

• Astrologers

• Astronomers

• Astroturf

• Celestial Scientists

Not including the sun... the brightest object in the night sky is...

• Mercury

• Venus

• The Moon

• Mars

This pictures shows..

• The motion of the planets due to the rotation of the Earth

• The motion of the stars due to the revolution of Earth around the Sun

• The stars revolving around the pole star due to the rotation of the Earth

• Some spinning their camera while taking a photo at night time.

This picture shows...

• The "retrograde" motion of a planet over many weeks

• The motion of a comet

• A shooting star

• A UFO

The first four planets are known as the...

• Tertiary Planets

• Tiny Planets

• Terrestrial Planets

• Extraterrestrial Planets

The last four planets in our solar system are known as...

• Gas Giants

• Gas Guzzlers

• Planetoidal Monoliths

• Mega-Planets

A small rock in space is called a

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Meter

A shooting star is visible because of the...

• Enormous heat generated by meteors hitting the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds

• Evaporation of water attached to frozen meteors

• Meteors are often made of a white glowing material

• Magic fairy dust that they emit

Our solar system contains two asteroid belts, but the main one is located between

• Mercury and Venus

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Neptune and Pluto