Planets
What is the biggest planet in the solar system?
A) Jupiter
B) Earth
C) Venus
A) Jupiter
True or False: The tilt of the Earth causes seasons to change?
True
True or False there are three types of satellites?
Natural, artificial, and ersatz.
False, there are only two, natural and artificial. Ersatz is another word for artificial.
Who was the first person to land on the moon?
A) Buzz Aldrin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Buzz Lightyear
D) John Glen
B) Neil Armstrong
The first tool used for space exploration was:
A) A microscope
B) A telescope
C) The human eye
D) A map
C) The human eye
Name the terrestrial planets.
A) Saturn, Jupiter, Saturn
B) Mercury, Mars, Uranus
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What position is North America in when it experiences summer?
A) Tilted toward the sun.
B) Tilted away from the sun.
A) Tilted toward the sun.
What is a satellite?
A) Any object that orbits a planet or other celestial body in space.
B) Man-made telecommunications objects in space.
C) Asteroids in space.
D) A, B, and C
D) A, B, and C
When did Neil Armstrong join Nasa?
A) 1952
B) 1945
C) 1898
D) 1995
A) 1952
The first tool that evolved to help with space exploration was:
A) The microscope
B) The telescope
C) The human eye
D) A map
B) The telescope
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
A) Mercury
B) Uranus
C) Saturn
A) Mercury
Is the sun the only star in our solar system?
Yes or No?
Yes, however there are billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
What is the name of Earth's single satellite?
A) The Moon
B) Luna
C) Space Cheese
D)Ariel
A) The Moon
and
B) Luna
What is Chris Hadfield known for?
A) He would prank call Mission Control Center.
B) Clogging the space shuttle toilets.
C) He stayed up in space for 5 months.
D) He spent 5 months living on the moon.
C) He stayed up in space for 5 months.
This space exploration tool is an unmanned ship that can go further and do more things that a manned space ship, what is it?
A) Space Shuttle
B) International Space Station
C) Spaceport drone
D) Probe
D) Probe
What is the coldest planet in the solar system?
A) Pluto
B) Uranus
C) Mars
B) Uranus
When North America is tilted away from the sun, what season is it?
A) Spring
B) Summer
C) Fall
D) Winter
D) Winter
When we can see no part of the moon, we call this what?
A) New Moon
B) Half Moon
C) Lunar Eclipse
D) Solar Eclipse
A) New Moon
True or False: Yuri Gagarin was the first man to go up into space.
True
True or False: Debris that is ejected from space crafts is called "Space Trash".
False, it is called "Space Junk".
How many planets have rings around them?
A) 7
B) 4
C) 9
B) 4
How big is the sun?
A) It takes up 45% of the matter that exists in the solar system.
B) It takes up 99% of the matter that exists in the solar system.
C) It takes up 50% of the matter that exists in the solar system.
D) It takes up 1% of the matter that exists in the solar system.
B) It takes up 99% of the matter that exists in the solar system.
The ISS is about the size of what?
A) A Mini-Van
B) An Olympic Swimming Pool
C) A Football Field
D) An Airplane
C) A Football Field
Who was the first woman to fly to space?
A) Valentina Tereshkova
B) Nellie Bly
C) Amelia Earhart
D) Jeanne Baret
A) Valentina Tereshkova
What was the original tool used to tell time?
A) A watch
B) Cell Phones
C) A sun dial
D) A rooster
C) A sun dial