Day and Night
Varied
Planets
Our Place in Space
Constellations
100
What do we call this moon?
Full moon
100
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
100
What is this called?
Asteroid belt.
100
The Sun is a ___________
Star
100
What is the name of a group of stars that form a picture?
Constellation
200
What sounds can you hear in space?
None. Space is a vacuum - there's no sound.
200
When are shadows the longest?
A) At night
B) In the early morning/afternoon
C) In the late evening
B) In the early morning/afternoon
200
What planet is this?
Uranus.
200
How long does a rotation of the Earth take?
24 hours
200
What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
Venus
300
What does the moon orbit around?
The Earth
300
How far away is the Sun?
a) 56 million miles
b) 78 million miles
c) 93 million miles
C) 93 million miles
300
This is the largest planet in our Solar System.
Jupiter.
300
What is the only other planet in our Solar System that we believe could sustain life?
Mars
300
Who created myths about constellations?
A) Italians
B) Greeks
C) Indians
B) Greeks
400
How much bigger is the Sun than the Earth?
A) 100,000 times
B) 300,000 times
C) 500,000 times
B) 300,000 times
400
What are the rocky/terrestrial planets?
(Tip: there are 4 of them)
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400
Between Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, which one has the most moons?
Saturn - it has 82 moons.
400
How long is a year?
365 days. (Usually)
400
This is the name of the North Star.
Polaris.
500
How does the Moon affect life on Earth?
A) Tides
B) Light
C) Time
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
500
What year did America first land on the Moon? What was the name of the astronaut?
Neil Armstrong, 1969.
500
How much does a NASA spacesuit cost?
A) $5,000,000
B) $21,000,000
C) $12,000,000
C) $12,000,000. And it weighs 130 kg.
500
How old is the Universe?
A) 15.1 billion years old
B) 23.5 billion years old
C) 13.8 billion years old
C) 13.8 billion years old
500
How many constellations are there in our night sky?
A) 88
B) 126
C) 142
A) 88.