The Universe
Approximately how old is the Universe?
13.7 Billion years old
The three states of matter are solid, liquid and...
What is gas?
A region between Mars and Jupiter filled with rocky bodies.
What is an asteroid belt?
NASA is an abbreviation for this.
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
What type of fruit is Pink Lady?
Apple
What is the most common type of galaxy in the universe?
Elliptical galaxies
This is the only planet that we know of with life?
What is Earth?
An icy, dusty rock orbiting the Sun, often called a "dirty snowball".
What is a comet?
The name of the first spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon
What is Apollo 11?
Which fast food brand’s catchphrase is “Have it your way”?
Burger King
What is the most common type of star found in the Milky Way?
Red Dwarf Stars
This is the process called when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy?
What is Photosynthesis?
A large gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star.
What's a "hot Jupiter"?
The sort of museum you would go to to see projections of the night sky.
What is a Planetarium?
A group of people born around the same time is called?
What is a generation?
What is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy?
A black hole
This is an area where living and nonliving things interact with one another.
What is an ecosystem?
Often using the transit method, observing dimming light as a planet passes its star.
How do we find exoplanets?
The number of Planets that can be seen from Earth without a telescope
What is 5?
This state has more bourbon barrels than people.
Kentucky
Outside of the sun, what is the closest star to Earth?
Alpha Centuari
This is an area of land that is partly covered with water or flooded at least part of each year.
What is a wetland
Invisible matter detected by its gravitational effects, making up most of the universe's mass.
What is dark matter?
In what year did the first woman go to space?
What is 1963?
In a surprising twist, what luxurious delicacy has China turned into a cheap snack, causing it to lose its fancy status?
Caviar
Approximately how many miles is a lightyear?
5.9 Trillion miles
Name the END of an animal's life cycle.
What is death.
The color of the hottest kind of star
What is Blue?
The only spacecraft to have visited Uranus.
What is The Voyager 2 ?
Which vegetable was once used to make the original “ketchup” before tomatoes?
Mushrooms
What accounts for approximately 85% of matter in the universe?
Dark Matter
This is an adaptation used by some animals to help hide from predators and is seen in chameleons
What is Camouflage
This tool is used to detect distant galaxies
What is a James Webb Space Telescope?
This spacecraft was famously repaired with duct tape.
What is Apollo 13?
Which soft drink was originally marketed as a medicine to cure headaches and nervousness?
Coca Cola
What is the coldest place in the universe?
The Boomerang Nebula
This is the process of when something is eroded away thanks to water or wind.
What is Erosion?
This planet has the largest ocean
What is Jupiter?
This is how much the most recent NASA spacesuit is estimated to cost.
What is 1 Billion per suit?
Which American president loved jelly beans so much that he kept them in the Oval Office?
Ronald Reagan
The Boomerang Nebula
0.000003%
This is what an animal who breaks down dead things is called.
What is a decomposer?
The only planet in our solar system not named after a god.
What is Earth?
The amount of stars that make up the Big Dipper.
What is seven?
Which U.S. state officially declared “milk” as its state beverage?
Wisconsin
How many stars are in the Milky Way?
100 Billion
Name the step of the water cycle in which the process turns the liquid into vapor.
What is evaporation?
This is what Uranus smell like?
What are Rotten eggs?
This type of animal was the first in orbit.
What is a dog?
The process by which neutral atoms become electrically charged is called this
What is Ionization?