Planets
How many planets are there in the Solar System?
What is the closest star to the Earth?
The Sun
What is a light year? This question has a power up!
Distance light travels in one year. POWER UP: Each question the other team answers right for the next 2 rounds, you get 100 points!
What is a man-made object?
Is the Milky Way a planet, moon, star, nebula, quasar, black hole, star cluster, galaxy, galaxy cluster, or supercluster?
Galaxy
What is the 5th planet from the Sun?
Jupiter
What comes after summer?
Fall or autumn
What season do you get the longest days?
Summer
100
100
Name all the planets in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
How close is the closest star to the Sun?
4.2 to 4.3 light years
What is an astronomical unit?
Distance between Earth and Sun
Can man-made objects be satellites?
Yes
How many stars are in the Milky Way? This question has a power up!
100 to 400 billion. POWER UP: For the next 3 rounds, if you get a question wrong, you get 100 points!
Is Pluto a planet?
No
What causes the seasons:
A. Distance between Earth and Sun changing
B. Tilt of Earth's axis
C. Sun getting hotter and colder
B
What is it called when you have 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night?
An equinox
200
200
How many moons does Mars have? (worth double if you can name them)
Two (Phobos and Deimos)
What is the name of the closest star to the Sun? This question has a power up!
Proxima Centauri. POWER UP: The next question is worth double if it's 300 or lower!
If we look through our telescopes at the Sun (don't do this btw) at 8:00, and we see the Sun as it looked like at 7:52, how many light-minutes away is the Sun?
Eight
What is the farthest man-made object from Earth?
Voyager 1
What shape of galaxy is the Milky Way?
Spiral
What is between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroid belt
If it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
Summer
What is it called when you have the MOST day or the MOST night?
Solstice
300
300
In our model, how far away was Neptune in meters?
609 meters
Stars are made of mostly helium and __________.
Hydrogen
How many kilometers are in a light-year? (500 for getting the order of magnitude right, +500 bonus for each digit correct)
9,460,730,472,580.8 km
How far away is Voyager 1 in AUs? (500 for up to off-by-ten answer, 1000 for exact answer)
169.1 AUs
What is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
The Andromeda Galaxy
How many Magellanic clouds are there? This question has a power up!
Two. POWER UP: You get 10 percent of the other team's points, rounded to the nearest 100!
What time does summer start in the Northern Hemisphere?
June 21 (or 22)
When it's day in the Northern Hemisphere, what is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
500
500
What is the axial tilt of the Earth? This question has a power up!
23.5 degrees. POWER UP: For the next round, the other team's questions are worth 400 if they are 500 or more!
What is the star that's 14.1 light-years from the Earth called?
Gliese 1
How many light months are in a light year?
12
What is something that is on the Golden Record?
Earth sounds, music, images, and greetings
How far away is the Andromeda Galaxy in light-years? 750 for order of magnitude, and off by 1 digit
2.5 million light years
How many objects are in the Messier catalog? 750 for an off by 5 answer.
110
The Earth's axis points toward...
Polaris, or North Star
A teacher asks some students why you can't see stars during the daytime. Here is what they said:
Sarah: The stars go under the Earth.
Charles: Just because.
Justin: The stars explode when the Sun rises, and that's what makes the sky blue. Then they come back together in the nighttime.
Samantha: Because the Sun and the atmosphere make the stars too dim to see.
Fuentes: Because the stars become invisible.
Don't not choose the person who gave the best answer.
Samantha
750
750
How many moons does Saturn have? 1000 for an off by 5 answer.
274
How far away is Gliese 1?
14.1 light years
How many light years are in a kilo-light-year?
1,000
What year was Voyager 1 launched? This question has a power up!
1977. POWER UP: The other teams each lose 500 points! (You don't get the points.)
What is in the middle of the Milky Way? (+1000 if you know what it's called)
A supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*
What is an exoplanet?
A planet that's not in our Solar System like K2-72e, a planet that orbits the star K2-72.
What is the coldest season in the Southern Hemisphere?
Winter
What planets in our solar system have seasons?
All of them, but some aren't as strong as others.
1000
1000