Space Stuff
"My Very Excellent Mom Just Served Us Noodles" is a common mnemonic device that helps us remember what?
The planets in order from the sun.
The Red Planet
Mars
Perseverance, Curiosity, Spirit, Opportunity, and Sojourner are rovers that all landed on this planet to explore it's surface.
Mars
Between Mars and Jupiter lies a belt of these space rocks.
Asteroids
Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun. Although asteroids orbit the Sun like planets, they are much smaller than planets.
LeBron James recently made the sequel to this 1996 movie staring Michael Jordan.
Space Jam
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is commonly called abbreviated and called what?
NASA
Did anyone tell Ariana Grande that Saturn also has this many rings?
7
Did you know that you can't stand on Saturn. Saturn is made up mainly of hydrogen and helium, in both gas and liquid forms. There's no solid surface to stand on.
Neil Armstrong was the first of only 12 people to ever do this.
Walk on the moon.
Often called "Cosmic Snowballs" these are small chunks of dust and ice that orbits, or travels around, the sun.
Comet
Best known for their long, streaming tails, these ancient objects are leftovers from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
This alien lands in Hawaii and quickly begins to wreak havoc until his friend teaches him how to live among humans.
Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)
Stars, Planets, Dwarf Planets, Moons, Asteroids, and Comets are all parts of what?
The Solar System
The largest planet in our solar system is known as a gas giant, as most of it's atmosphere is hydrogen and helium.
Jupiter
Did you know it has 80 moons!
True or False: The International Space Station is currently active with a crew of 7 people living and working there while orbiting the earth every 90 minutes.
True
What planet is said to be Earths twin because of its similar size and shape to earth?
Venus
Did you know that Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system? It's thick atmosphere creates a green house affect making it even hotter than would be as the second closest to the sun.
How long does it take for the earth to complete one orbit of the sun?
365 days
Waxing crescent, waning gibbous, quarter, and third quarter are all phases of what?
The moon (light reflected off the moon).
These two planets are ice giants due to the large amounts of frozen water in their atmosphere. The water freezes because they're too far from the sum to receive its heat. (Must name both)
Neptune and Uranus
Artemis 1 was an unmanned mission to orbit the moon. Artemis 2 will be a manned mission to orbit the moon in 2024. In 2025, the Artemis 3 will send two astronauts, including a woman and a person of color to do what for the first time in 50 years?
Land on the moon.
Snow white had 7 but our solar system only has 5 of these, too small to qualify as a planet. Sorry Pluto.
Dwarf Planets
Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris
Dwarf planets, like all planet orbit the sun and are around. However, Dwarf planets are not larges enough to create their own orbit like planets do.
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
Milky Way
The Boov come from outer space trying to claim earth as theirs and relocated the entire human population to Paris in what movie?
Home
This "dead planet" is the most heavily cratered object in the solar system. It is a world of black starry skies, gray craters, no moon and not enough gravity to hold an atmosphere. Without an atmosphere, it is a silent world without any sound.
Mercury
Why is July 20, 1969 is a significant date to Nasa? A small step for man and mankind.
Moon Landing
A grouping of stars, often makes a picture in the sky.
Constellations.
In contemporary astronomy, there are 88 constellations that are recognized by the International Astronomical Union. 42 depict animals, 29 depict inanimate objects and 17 depict humans or mythological characters.
True or False: it takes 8 minutes for the Sun's light reaches the Earth.
True