Sun & Moon
Galaxies & The Universe
Solar System
Random Space Trivia
Astronauts
100
How many moon phases are there?
8 phases
1) New Moon
2) Waxing Crescent
3) First Quarter
4) Waxing Gibbous
5) Full Moon
6) Waning Gibbous
7) Last Quarter
8) Waning Crescent
100
What is the name of the galaxy that contains Earth?
The Milky Way Galaxy
100
How many planets are in our solar system?
8 (Pluto is not a planet!)
100
What is the name of the event that created the universe?
The Big Bang
100
What year did humans land on the moon?
1969
200
What are the two (2) elements all stars are created from?
They create energy in a process called nuclear fusion.
Hydrogen and Helium
200
What is the shape of our galaxy?
Spiral
200
Name the 8 planets in our solar system starting with the closest to the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
200
What do you call a large number of meteoroids occurring at the same time and place?
A meteor shower
200
This is the ISS. What does ISS stand for?
International Space Station
300
What is this phase of the moon called?
Full Moon
300
What is the FORCE that keeps planets around the Sun?
Gravity
300
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
Mercury
(Pluto is not a planet!)
300
What is this called?
A comet
300
How many people have gone to the moon?
Twelve (12) people
400
What is the type of energy that the sun produces?
Solar energy
400
What is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
The Andromeda Galaxy
400
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
400
What is this called?
A black hole
400
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
500
What is the distance (in kilometers) between the Sun and the Earth?
Approximately 150 million kilometers
500
Approximately, how many stars are in our galaxy?
Anywhere from 100 to 400 billion stars
500
Which way does the Earth spin?
(North to South? South to North? East to West? West to East?)
West to East
500
What is the name of a star explosion?
A supernova
500
Who was the first woman to go to space?
(Google!)
Valentina Tereshkova