The Solar System
Jupiter
Which is the largest planet? (or any other relevant fact)
A celestial body that is in orbit around a star
What is a planet?
When the Moon casts its shadow on Earth, we cannot see all or part of the Sun.
A Solar eclipse
An astronaut of mass 70 kg will weigh more on Earth than on the Moon? (T or F)
True
The Big Bang Theory
What is the theory of the beginning of the universe from a single point?
A Luminous body producing light and heat through nuclear fusion.
What is the sun?
A spiral shape
What is the shape of the milky way?
The rotation of Earth on it's axis
What causes Day and Night?
A total of 12 people—all American men.
How many people have walked on the moon?
The Singularity
What was the original point from which the Universe expanded from (according to the BBT)
The most distant planet in our solar system.
Neptune
A vast system of stars held together by Gravity
What is a Galaxy?
Waxing
What is the term given to the phases of growing lunar illumination?
Humans have reached the andromeda galaxy with the Voyager II probe (T or F)
False (Andromeda is 2.5 million light-years away)
4.6 Billion Years ago
When was our solar system formed?
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
What are the Terrestrial / Rocky Plants?
Ice, dust and gas, (giving it the nickname "dirty snowballs")
What are comets made of?
The Earth's axis is tilted 23.5o causing one hemisphere to get more sunlight.
How do we get the season of summer?
Muscle shrinkage and bone loss
What is an effect of reduced gravity on the human body?
The ‘afterglow’ of radiation after the Big Bang.
What is cosmic microwave background radiation?
The Kuiper belt
A satellite
What is an object orbiting a celestial body of large mass?
28 days
The approximate number of days for the moon to orbit the Earth.
The Russian astronaut, Yuri Gagarin
Who was the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth?
The Heliocentric model
What is the belief of the sun at the centre of the solar system known as?