| Stars | ||
| #1 | What colour of stars are the hottest? | blue |
| #2 | The North Star is also called this | Polaris |
| #3 | Why do positions of the constellations appear to change throughout the year? | Earth revolves around the Sun |
| #4 | Dark, Magnetic Spots on the Sun's surface are called... | sun spots |
| #5 | A star's Magnitude or brightness can be determined by these 3 things: | its Size, Distance from Earth and Temperature |
| Earth | ||
| #1 | Time it takes for the earth to rotate once around the sun | 365 days |
| #2 | Reason we have seasons | Earth is tilted on its axis 23.5 degrees |
| #3 | Why days are longer in the summer and shorter in the winter | Earth's Axis is tilted more toward the sun in the summer = more hours of direct sunlight. |
| #4 | What time of day is it if you have almost no shadow? | Solar Noon (high noon or 12:00pm) |
| #5 | Order of the Planets Starting with Mercury | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| Heavenly Bodies | ||
| #1 | The area between the inner and outer planets that is filled with Asteroids | Asteroid Belt |
| #2 | A large ball of ice, dust, rock and gas that orbits the sun. | A Comet! |
| #3 | What occurs when the moon moves into the Earth's shadow? | A Lunar Eclipse |
| #4 | Another name for the Big Dipper is | Ursa Major |
| #5 | Biggest Meteorite Discovered on Earth | Hoba |
| Our Solar System | ||
| #1 | The name of our Galaxy | The Milky Way |
| #2 | The Largest Planet in our Solar System | Jupiter |
| #3 | Name the Inner Planets in Order from the Sun | Mercury, Venus, Mars |
| #4 | Name the 4 Gas Giants | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| #5 | Name 3 Dwarf Planets | Pluto, Makemake, Ceres, Eris, Haumea |
| The Moon | ||
| #1 | Phase of the moon when more than half of the moon, but not all of it is illuminated | Gibbous |
| #2 | Another name for a small body orbiting a planet | Satellite |
| #3 | The time it takes for the moon to orbit Earth | 27 1/3 days (or Approx. 28 days) One Lunar Cycle |
| #4 | When the moon grows gradually more illumminated when passing from new to full moon | Waxing Moon |
| #5 | Name the 8 phases of the moon beginning with New Moon | New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon |
| Final Question | |
| In the Northern Hempishere, this day the sun is in its lowest point in the sky and has the least number of daylight hours. | Winter Solstice or Dec. 21/22 |