Description | term |
Name mars two moons. | Phobos and Deimos |
Name the Galilean satellites. | Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa |
Name Saturn's largest moon. | Titan (the only moon with a thick atmosphere) |
Name the largest moon in the solar system. | Ganymede |
Name Neptune's largest moon. | Triton |
Name the first asteroid. | Ceres |
Name the difference in a long period comet and a short one. | Long (more than 200 years) short (less than 200 years) |
Name the four shapes of galaxies. | Spiral lenticular elliptical and irregular |
Name the three largest galaxies in the local cluster from largest to smallest. | Andromeda Milky way and Triangulum |
Name the constellation containing the big dipper. | Ursa Major |
Name the planet containing the great red spot, | Jupiter |
Name the three brightest stars of Orion | Betelgeuse Rigel and Bellatrix |
Name the main factors affecting stars color and brightness | Heat determine color red being coolest and blue being hottest. Size and heat affect its brightness. |
Name the four groups of asteroids | Trojan asteroids near-earth asteroids asteroid belt and kuiper belt |
Name which planets the asteroid belt is located between | Mars and Jupiter |
Name what objects the solar system includes | The sun and all natural objects revolving around it (asteroids moons planets dwarf planets meteoroids and comets) |
Name the largest mountain in the solar system and its planet | Olympus Mons of Mars |
Name what kind of star the sun is | A main sequence star |