Treasure Hunt
Out in Space

Name:

        Using the Zoom Astronomy Site find out the answers to these questions.

Name the planets that have rings.
What is the name of Pluto's moon?
What is unusual about the way Uranus spins?
 
What are Saturn's rings made from?
What is the name of the largest asteroid?

 

       Use The Nine Planets Site to answer these questions about Jupiter?

Name the 2 gases and their percentages that make up Jupiter
What is the GRS and how wide is it?
What is Jupiter's largest moon?

 

       Use the Space and Beyond section of NASA Kids to find the answers.

What is a galaxy?

Galaxies are classified by shape and appearance. What are the 3 shapes that galaxies take?
1 2 3
What is the closest galaxy to our own galaxy?