Our Solar System Review

Most prominences and solar flares occur on or around sunspots.

What scientists used a telescope to discover four moons revolving around Jupiter?

Which of the following is required for life as we know it, here on Earth?

What solar system model is being pictured below?

What solar system model is being pictured below?

Phobos and Deimos are the moons of what planet in our solar system?

What sun feature is being pictured below?

If you're going to see the Great Red Spot, what planet would you be visiting?

Which of the following planets has the longest year?

Nicholas Copernicus supported what model of the solar system?

Which of the following planets has the greatest greenhouse effect?

Our sun, and other stars, produce heat and light by which of the following processes?

Scientist think this gas giant was struck by an asteroid causing it to rotate sideways.

Is the picture below a metoroid or a meteorite?

All the following scientists supported the geocentric model of the universe except ...

Between the orbits of what two planets can you find the asteroid belt?

The Goldilocks conditions make this planet unique to all other planets in our solar sysytem.

Which planet has the most volcanoes, including a giant volcano named Maat Mans?

Olympus Mons and the Valles Marineris can both be found on what planet?

What celestial body has a very elongated orbit and is also known as a dirty snowball?

In both the heliocentric and geocentric model of the universe, what revolves around the Earth?

Copernicus and Galileo both supported the geocentric model of our solar system.

What's the difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid?

Where does fusion take place in the sun?

Which of the following is needed for all life on Earth to survive?

Which planet in the diagram below has the most elliptical orbit?

Is the following picture representing a meteoroid, a meteor, or a meteorite?

Which of the following is not a terrestrial planet?

What scientist was put on trial for heresy by the Catholic church?

What sun feature is being pictured below?

What sun feature is being pictured below?

Which of the following space rocks is usually the largest?

Europa, Gannymede, Io, and Callisto are large moons of which gas giant?

The Caloris basin, the largest crater in the solar system, can be found on this small planet.

The Kuiper belt is located between the orbits of what two planets?

Who discovered that the planets revolve in elliptical orbits?

Which planet in our solar system has the highest average temperature?

What element do stars, like our sun, use first to create their energy?

What is being shown in the picture below?

Besides the Kuiper belt, what other place do comets come from?

Why do sunspots appear darker than than surrounding areas of the sun?

What planet has magnificent rings and a large moon named Titan?

Channels on Mar's surface means there was probably flowing water on the surface at one time.

Which of Jupiter's moons might support life because of a possible liquid ocean beneath its ice?

After hydrogen, what's the second most abundant element in stars, like our sun?

Venus is the only terrestrial planet with a greenhouse effect.

Which of the following is not one of the Goldilocks conditions?

Triton is the largest moon of this blue planet.