This branch of Earth science deals with celestial objects, space, and the entire universe.

What is the name for the 8 true planets, their moons, and all other celestial bodies that are all stuck orbiting around our sun?

What is the name for the idea that our solar system was created when a clouds of dust and gas collapsed and condensed to form our sun all planets in our solar system?

Which astronomer was the first to propose the idea that the sun was at the center of the solar system and not the Earth in 1543?

Which astronomer studied the movements of planets and their speeds as the travel around the sun?

Which astronomer studied Jupiter and Saturn with a telescope and discovered 4 of Jupiter's 95 moons in the year 1610?

A celestial body orbiting a star that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity and moves in an elliptical orbit around a star is called what?

What is the name given to the first four, smaller, rocky planets of the solar system?

What is the name given to the last four, larger, gassy planets of the solar system?

What is the name for the collection of rocky bodies that can be found between Mars and Jupiter?

Kepler's ____ Law states that all planets move around the sun in an oval shaped path called an ellipse.

Kepler's ____ Law states that planets change speed as they orbit the sun, moving faster when a closer distance to the sun and slower when they are a farther distance away from the sun.

Kepler's ____ Law states that the closer planets are to the sun the less amount of time it takes to complete one orbit and the farther away planets are from the sun the longer they take to complete one full orbit.

A small mass of dust, ice, and gas that orbits the sun in a long, stretched out, oval-shaped path is called what?

What is the name for the area that surrounds our entire solar system beyond Pluto and contains thousands of comets?

What is the name for large irregular shaped, rocky and metallic objects that move around the sun, typically between Mars and Jupiter?

What is the name for smaller pieces of stony or metallic debris which travel around at anyplace in the solar system?

What is the name for smaller pieces of stony or metallic debris which burn up when they travel through Earth's atmosphere?

What is the name for smaller pieces of stony or metallic debris which do not fully burn up in Earth's atmosphere and end up on the surface of Earth?

What is the name for a natural satellite that orbits most planets and can even orbit dwarf planets and asteroids?

Which two planets do not have any moons?

How many moons does Mars have orbiting it?

How many moons does Jupiter have orbiting it?

How many moons does Saturn have orbiting it?

How many moons does Uranus have orbiting it?

How many moons does Neptune have orbiting it?

Which planet has the most moons orbiting it?

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What are the outer planets?

What are the inner planets?

Which planet is named after the Roman god of war?

Which planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty?

Which planet is named after the Roman messenger to the gods?

Which planet is named after the Roman king of the gods?

Which planet is named after the Roman god of agriculture and vegetation?

Which planet is named after the Roman god of the sea?

Which object is named after the Roman god of the underworld?

Which planet is named after the Greek god of the heavens?

Which planet takes the least amount of time to complete one full trip around the sun?

Which planet takes the most amount of time to complete one full trip around the sun?

Which planet is closest in size to Earth?

Which planet is the smallest size of all eight planets?

Which planet is the largest size of all eight planets?

Which image represents the visible surface of Jupiter?

Which image represents the visible surface of Saturn?

Which image represents the visible surface of Uranus?

Which image represents the visible surface of Neptune?

Which image represents the visible surface of Mars?

Which image represents the visible surface of Venus?

Which image represents the visible surface of Mercury?

The surface of this planet is mainly just impact craters since the planet has no atmosphere.

The surface of this planet is covered in active volcanoes that spew sulfur dioxide gas leading to a very thick atmosphere that traps heat.

The surface of this planet is covered in a rusted layer of rocks and also contains the solar system's largest volcano and canyon.

Which of the following was a space mission that was sent to Mercury?

Which of the following was a space mission that was sent by NASA to map the surface of Venus?

Which planet has the warmest temperature?

Which planet has the coldest temperature?

What is the name of the large storm on the atmosphere of the planet shown?

What is the name of the large storm on the atmosphere of the planet shown?

What is the name of the large storm on the atmosphere of Saturn?

Which planet has retrograde rotation or spins the opposite way of all other planets?

Which planet has an axis tilt of about 90 degrees causing it to rotate on its side?

Which two of the 8 planets are classified as Ice Giants?

Which planet has the least visible ring system?

Which planet has the most visible ring system?

The Galilean moons can be found around which planet?

Which moon is the largest in the entire solar system?

Which moon is the most volcanically active object in the entire solar system?

Which moon is the only moon to rotate in retrograde around its planet in the entire solar system?

Which moon is the furthest geologically active object away from the sun having volcanoes erupting ice gas.

Which moon is the only object in the solar system beside Earth with liquids on the surface?

Which moon of Jupiter has a crust of ice covered what is believed to be a subsurface ocean of liquid water?

Which moon of Saturn has geysers that release ice particles that help make Saturn's rings more visible?

Which planet has the strongest winds in the entire solar system?

Which planet is the only one named after a Greek god?

Which planet is the only one without an atmosphere