Science - the solar system

What planet has the Great Red Spot that is really a giant storm?

Which gas makes up 78% of the air in Earth's atmosphere?

What planet is surrounded by seven bands of rings and at least 60 moons?

What phenomenon caused by glowing ions occurs in the lower regions of the thermosphere?

What is the surface layer of the sun that gives off light visible to our eyes?

What is the name for the vapor blanket surrounding the sun that is visible only during a total eclipse?

What is the name of the phase of the moon where we can see the entire sunlit side of the moon?

What planet appears royal blue and has a moon named Triton?

What is the name for the phase of the moon where we begin to see half of the sunlit side of the moon?

What layer of the atmosphere helps protect earth from being bombarded with meteoroids?

What constellation contains the "Big Dipper?"

What planet was discovered by Sir William Herschel?

What happens when the moon is on the same level as the sun and it blocks out the sun's lght?

What do you call the phase of the moon where we begin to see less than all of the sunlit side of the moon?

What is the only planet with the right conditions to make it suitable for life?

How far is the sun from the earth?

What word means that the air in earth's upper layers have very few air molecules?

What planet is Earth's "twin planet?"

What planet is closest to the sun?

What layer of the atmosphere is closest to the earth?

What is the name of the phase of the moon where the sunlit part of the moon that we see shrinks to only half?

What is the name for the phase of the moon where we do not see any of the sunlit side of the moon.

What constellation is pictured here?

How many pounds per square inch is the air pressure at sea level?

What happens when the moon travels through the earth's shadow?

What is the atmosphere of the sun called?

The earth is surrounded by what that protects it from harmful space particles?

What does "gibbous" mean?

What planet is the brightest planet in the sky?

The aurora borealis can be seen in which hemisphere?

In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

What constellation is pictured here?

What constellation pictures a "mighty hunter?"

What are the darker areas on the outer surface of the sun called?

What constellation is pictured here?

What planet is tipped over on its side?

What constellation is pictured here?

What is the name for the phase of the moon where a small portion of the sunlit side of the moon begins to be seen?

What do you call the phase of the moon where we begin to see more than half of the sunlit side of the moon?

What is a special part of the stratosphere that helps protect the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays?

What do you call a light display seen near the poles?

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

The light of the moon comes from where?

What is the name for the phase of the moon where the sunlit part that we see shrinks to less than half?

What is the innermost section of the sun called?

What is the "red planet?"

What is the outer most layer or earth's atmosphere?