Asteroids
Universe and Galaxies
Solar Systems
Meteorites
Extreme Environments
Indigenous Perspectives on Aurora Borealis
Canadian Inventions
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Question: What is a chunk of rock and metal in outer space that orbits the Sun?

Answer: What is an asteroid?

100

Question: This term encompasses everything we can touch, feel, sense, measure, and detect, including living things, planets, galaxies, and even time.

Answer: What is the Universe?

100

Question: This term describes the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the Sun, along with asteroids, meteors, and comets.

Answer: What is a solar system?

100


Question: This term describes an asteroid or other object that burns or vaporizes upon entering Earth's atmosphere.

Answer: What is a meteor?

100
  • Question: What is the term for the violent shaking and loud noise experienced inside a spacecraft during launch?

  • Answer: What is "launch conditions"?
100
  • Question: What is the common name for the Aurora Borealis?

  • Answer: What are the "Northern Lights"?
100
  • Question: This one-atmosphere diving suit, designed by Dr. Phil Nuytten, allows divers to operate in high-pressure environments without the risk of decompression sickness.

  • Answer: What is the Newtsuit?
200

Question: This type of asteroid, which makes up 75% of all asteroids, is rich in carbon and appears very dark.

Answer: What is a carbon asteroid?

200


Question: This massive collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems is held together by gravity.

Answer: What is a galaxy?

200

Question: Our solar system was formed approximately this many years ago.

Answer: What is 4.6 billion years?

200


Question: This event occurs when Earth passes through a stream of dust left behind by a comet, resulting in visible meteors.

Answer: What is a meteor shower?

200
  • Question: Temperatures in space can range from hundreds of degrees below freezing to hundreds of degrees above. What do engineers build to protect spacecraft from these extremes?

  • Answer: What are "cooling systems and heat insulators"?
200
  • Question: According to First Peoples' teachings, what do the Northern Lights symbolize?

  • Answer: What are "spirits of the ancestors celebrating life"?
200
  • Question: Known as the most sophisticated space robot ever built, this versatile Canadian-made machine maintains the ISS, installs equipment, and can even "smell" ammonia leaks.

  • Answer: What is Dextre?
300

Question: This region in space, located between Mars and Jupiter, contains hundreds of thousands of asteroids.

Answer: What is the asteroid belt?

300

Question: The solar system containing Earth is a small part of this larger galaxy.

Answer: What is the Milky Way?

300

Question: This force pulled a cloud of dust and gas together to form our solar system.

Answer: What is gravity?

300


Question: This well-known comet is visible from Earth every 75 to 76 years.


Answer: What is Halley's Comet?

300
  • Question: What type of radiation poses a threat to spacecraft technology, potentially causing malfunctions if not properly insulated?

  • Answer: What is "solar radiation"?
300
  • Question: Why is dance considered important for the First Peoples during ceremonies related to the Northern Lights?

  • Answer: What is "to connect with the spirits of their ancestors who are believed to dance in the heavens"?
300
  • Question: This robotic arm supported U.S. space shuttle missions for 30 years, could lift over 30,000 kg in microgravity, and used less electricity than a teakettle.

  • Answer: What is Canadarm?
400

Question: The largest asteroids are often classified as this, which is a smaller version of a planet.

Answer: What is a dwarf planet?

400

Question: It's estimated that there are this many galaxies in the Universe.

Answer: What is one hundred billion?

400

Question: At 143.73 billion km away from the Sun, this is the furthest known object in our solar system.

Answer: What is Sedna?

400


Question: This small solar system body orbits the Sun and is made of dust, ice, and small rocky particles.

Answer: What is a comet?

400
  • Question: What symptoms might astronauts experience due to the lack of gravity in space?

  • Answer: What are "nausea, headaches, dizziness, and muscle loss"?
400
  • Question: In Northern Canada, which animal is associated with healing power and connected to the teachings about the Aurora Borealis?

  • Answer: What is "the bear"?
400

One of these inventions is being "redesigned" to help with the future plans of building a base on the moon.

Which invention would suit this role?

What is: canadarm (version 3.0)

500

Question: These asteroids are primarily made up of iron and nickel, often with small amounts of stone mixed in.

Answer: What are metallic asteroids?

500

Question: This space telescope captured an image showing thousands of galaxies as tiny dots.

Answer: What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

500

Question: Earth is sometimes referred to as this, indicating its position from the Sun.

Answer: What is the 3rd rock from the Sun?

500

Question: This term refers to a small piece of an asteroid that survives its journey through Earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface.

Answer: What is a meteorite?

500
  • Question: Why must astronauts wear space suits when outside their spacecraft?

  • Answer: What is to maintain "ideal pressure and protect against low pressure"?
500
  • Question: What aspect of creation do the Northern Lights remind First Peoples about, according to their beliefs?

  • Answer: What is "that we are all part of creation"?
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