Planets
The Sun & Stars
Dr. Mae Jemison
The Moon
Bonus
100
There are this many planets in our solar system
What is 8?
100
This is the closest star to the Earth
What is the Sun?
100
Dr. Jemison was born in this state
What is Alabama?
100
The Sun acts like a light bulb, but the moon acts like this
What a mirror?
100
This is the smallest planet in our solar system
What is Mercury?
200
This is the only planet that is known to support life
What is the Earth?
200
Name 2 of the different kinds of stars
What are Super Giants, Giants, Main Sequence, Dwarfs? (Also acceptable: Blue Giants, Yellow, Red Dwarfs)
200
Dr. Jemison likes to do many things in her free time, name at least one of them
What are dancing, theater, reading, skiing, photography, etc.?
200
The moon orbits which two things
What are the Earth and the Sun?
200
Name at least 4 of the planets in our solar system
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
300
This is the biggest planet in our solar system
What is Jupiter?
300
This is the name for a group of stars that form a picture
What is a Constellation?
300
Dr. Jemison is our scientist of the month because she was...
What is the first African-American woman in space?
300
The moon turns this color during a total lunar eclipse
What is red?
300
Name at least 2 different constellations
What are the Big/Little Dipper, Hercules, Pegasus, Leo, Cancer, Ursa Major/Minor, Orion, Cassiopeia, etc.?
400
This planet is the same size as Earth but spins the opposite way
What is Venus?
400
The Sun is about this many miles wide
What is 1 million miles?
400
Dr. Jemison has held at least three different jobs, name two of them
What are Doctor, Teacher/Professor, and Astronaut?
400
The moon goes through different stages each month, name one of them
What are Full, Crescent, New Moon, etc.?
400
In 2017, this company made Dr. Jemison into something special
What is LEGO?
500
This used to be the 9th planet in our solar system but is now considered a dwarf planet
What is Pluto?
500
The sun is made up of different types of gasses, name one that was mentioned
What is hydrogen or helium?
500
Dr. Jemison speaks this many languages
What is 4 (English, Russian, Japanese, and Swahili)?
500
This is the term for when there are two full moons in one month
What is a Blue Moon?
500
On January 31st, these three special things happened to the moon at the same time for the first time in 150 years
What are the Super Moon, Blue Moon, and Lunar Eclipse?
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