Our Solar System
What are the inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
How many solstices happen each year?
2
What is the phase of the moon that is completely dark?
New Moon
What is one kilometer equal to in meters?
1,000m
What show has an ice cream shop called Scoops Ahoy?
Stranger Things
What planets is the Asteroid Belt located between?
Mars and Jupiter
When is the spring equinox?
March 20 or 21
What causes the phases of the moon?
Reflection of sunlight which changes based on its position in orbit.
Which one is larger, a millimeter or petameter?
Petameter (1 petameter-1,000,000,000,000,000 vs. 1 millimeter=.001m)
What is ‘Baby Yoda’s’ real name?
Grogu
What shape are orbits?
Ellipse
What day do we have the most daylight in the northern hemisphere?
June 21 or 22
What term means growing? Shrinking?
waxing-growing, waning-shrinking
How do you write 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 in exponents?
10 to the 18th power
Who was able to pick up Thor’s hammer in Endgame?
Captain America
Popular astronomer that wrote the "Pale Blue Dot Speech."
Carl Sagan
What is the reason for the seasons?
The tilt of the Earth
What phase shows most of the moon lit up (but not all)?
gibbous
What number does this represent? 1x10^-4
0.0001
Which singer has both a crumble cookie and Stanley custom made for her?
Olivia Rodrigo
What is the name for an object orbiting another celestial object? (beyond the word moon)
satellite
Why is Earth tilted?
A planet Theia collided with Earth about 4.5 billion years ago.
Why do we always see the same side of the moon?
synchronous rotation
What is the largest metric unit?
Yottameter
What is ailurophobia?
Fear of Cats