Space Exploration
How many times has the United States gone to space?
A. 184
B. 173
C. 201
A. 184
Which planet is known as the red planet?
A. Neptune
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
C. Mars
What is the name of the star at the center of our solar system?
Sun
How many moons does Earth have?
1
What force keeps the planets orbiting in space?
Gravity
Rocket
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
A. Jupiter
B. Earth
C. Saturn
A. Jupiter
What galaxy is Earth located in?
Milky Way Galaxy
How long does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun?
A. 1 week
B. 1 month
C. 1 year
C. 1 year
What is the name of a rock that falls from space and lands on Earth?
A. Comet
B. Meteorite
C. Cosmo
B. Meteorite
What is the name of the first person to walk the moon?
A. Isaac Newton
B. Neil Armstrong
C. George Washington
B. Neil Armstrong
Which planet is famous for its large rings?
A. Neptune
B. Saturn
C. Jupiter
Saturn
Which is bigger: a star or a planet?
A star is much bigger than a planet.
What causes day and night on Earth?
A. Earth rotating (spinning) on its axis
B. The planet goes to sleep
C. The Sun is in the way
A. Earth rotating (spinning) on its axis
What is the name of the telescope that has taken amazing pictures of distant galaxies from space since 1990?
A. James Webb Space Telescope
B. Hubble Space Telescope
C. Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
What is the name of the space station where astronauts live and work while orbiting Earth?
International Space Station (ISS)
Which planet is closest to the sun?
A. Mercury
B. Mars
C. Earth
A. Mercury
True or False: The Sun is a star.
True
What is the name of the phase when the Moon looks like a complete circle?
A. Waxing Crescent
B. Full Moon
C. New Moon
B. Full Moon
Which planet has the most moons currently known in our solar system?
Saturn
Why do astronauts float inside a spacecraft orbiting Earth?
Because they are in microgravity (often called zero gravity) which makes them appear to float.
Which planet takes the longest time to travel around the Sun, about 165 Earth years?
Neptune
A group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky is called what?
Constellation
What is it called when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the Sun's light?
A solar eclipse
What is the name of the first artificial satellite sent into space?
Sputnik 1