AstronomyQuestion of the Day

1. What constellation is this

1. Orion the Hunter

2. What star is this?

2. Betelgeuse

3. Who is Orion fighting?

3. Taurus the Bull

4. Who is Taurus protecting?

4. The Pleiades• Or the 7 sisters

• Or Subaru

5. Which diagram shows the correct relationship between these four regions? [If one symbol is within another symbol, that means it is part of, or included in, that symbol.]

A B C D

5. Answer A

6. How many planets are there? Name them in order from the Sun

9. 8 planets

• My very educated mother just served us nuggets.• Mercury• Venus• Earth• Mars• Jupiter• Saturn• Uranus• Neptune

10. What are the inner planets called and what do they look like?

• Terrestrial planets ( Mercury to Mars)• Small , rocky, close together and close to the

Sun

11. What are the outer planets called and what do they look like?

• Gas Giants• Gigantic, mostly Gaseous , far apart

12. What is the point directly above you called ?

12. Zenith

13. What is the point directly below you called?

13. Nadir