Question 1

What is a celestial body made up of hot gas that produces its own light and heat?

Accepted Answer

Star

Answer

Rotation

Answer

Revolution

Answer

Meteoroid

Question 2

What is the term for the path an object takes as it goes around another object?

Accepted Answer

Orbit

Answer

Axis

Answer

Revolution

Answer

Rotation

Question 3

What is the term for the spinning motion of a planet on its axis?

Accepted Answer

Rotation

Answer

Orbit

Answer

Axis

Answer

Revolution

Question 4

What is a small, solid object that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up?

Accepted Answer

Meteor

Answer

Solar Flare

Answer

Star

Answer

Constellation

Question 5

What is a large rock in space that can range in size from small pebbles to hundreds of kilometers in diameter?

Accepted Answer

Asteroid

Answer

Sun

Answer

Meteor

Answer

Planet

Question 6

What is the center of a solar system that emits light and heat?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Answer

Star

Answer

Planet

Answer

Asteroid

Question 7

What is a natural satellite that orbits a planet?

Accepted Answer

Moon

Answer

Rotation

Answer

Meteoroid

Answer

Revolution

Question 8

What is a small piece of rock or debris that travels through space?

Accepted Answer

Meteoroid

Answer

Constellation

Answer

Solar Flare

Answer

Star

Question 9

What is a large celestial body that orbits the Sun and shines by reflected light?

Accepted Answer

Planet

Answer

Axis

Answer

Rotation

Answer

Revolution

Question 10

What is a violent explosion on the Sun's surface that releases a burst of energy?

Accepted Answer

Solar Flare

Answer

Planet

Answer

Asteroid

Answer

Star

Question 11

What is a massive, luminous ball of plasma held together by gravity?

Accepted Answer

Star

Answer

Axis

Answer

Planet

Answer

Meteor

Question 12

What is the movement of an object around another object?

Accepted Answer

Revolution

Answer

Solar Flare

Answer

Constellation

Answer

Moon

Question 13

What is the movement of an object around its own axis?

Accepted Answer

Rotation

Answer

Meteoroid

Answer

Star

Answer

Asteroid

Question 14

What is the imaginary line around which an object rotates?

Accepted Answer

Axis

Answer

Rotation

Answer

Revolution

Answer

Orbit

Question 15

What is a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky?

Accepted Answer

Constellation

Answer

Sun

Answer

Planet

Answer

Axis

Question 16

What is a body that revolves around a planet?

Accepted Answer

Moon

Answer

Rotation

Answer

Revolution

Answer

Meteoroid

Question 17

What is a solid object from outer space that enters a planet's atmosphere and burns up?

Accepted Answer

Meteor

Answer

Solar Flare

Answer

Constellation

Answer

Star

Question 18

What is a small rocky object that revolves around the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Asteroid

Answer

Planet

Answer

Meteor

Answer

Sun

Question 19

Which term refers to the path an object takes as it goes around another object?

Accepted Answer

Orbit

Answer

Rotation

Answer

Axis

Answer

Revolution

Question 20

Which celestial body is a giant ball of hot gas that gives us light?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Answer

Asteroid

Answer

Star

Answer

Planet

Question 21

What is a group of stars that form a recognizable pattern in the sky?

Accepted Answer

Constellation

Answer

Axis

Answer

Planet

Answer

Sun

Question 22

What is a natural satellite that orbits the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Moon

Answer

Meteoroid

Answer

Revolution

Answer

Rotation

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