The Solar System
The Sun
Moons
Other Space Stuff
Random Knowledge
100

This is the only planet in the solar system proven to have life on it.

What is Earth?

100

The Sun is not a planet but is this type of celestial body instead.

What is a star? (specifically a yellow dwarf star)

100

This is the number of moons Mars has. 

What is two? (Phobos and Deimos)

100

This is the term we use to refer to old pieces of technology, satellites, probes, and more that are no longer working but orbit around Earth.

What is "space junk?"

100

This is what the "w" in the "w= f x d" formula means. 

What is work?

200

These are the only two planets to be less than 1 AU from the Sun.

What are Mercury and Venus?

200

The Sun is the source of all food energy on Earth since it is used by plants in this process to generate their own energy.

What is photosynthesis?

200

Earth's moon can also be called by any of three different "human" names. Give one of these names. 

What are Luna, Selene, or Cynthia?

200

The Earth is being orbited by a small scientific facility with around 7 people from different countries on it at a time. That facility is known by this name.

What is the International Space Station?

200

Dog-related things are called "canine." This is the adjective we use for cat-related things. 

What is feline?

300

This planet comes between Jupiter and Uranus. 

What is Saturn?

300

The Sun powers itself by fusing atoms of this element together.

What is Hydrogen? 

300

This largest Saturnian moon perhaps the most well-known moon due to its larger-than-life name and its very thick, possibly life-supporting atmosphere. 

What is Titan? 

300

If a small chunk of an asteroid is floating in space, it is called this. 

What is a meteoroid?

300

There is a debate over first place for the best-selling video game of all time. Name one of the two games that has a claim for first place. 

What is Tetris?

What is Minecraft?

400

This is what we call the group of planets after Mars. They are all made of a similar state of matter.

What are the Gas Giants?

400

This word, Spanish for "crown," is what we call the Sun's outermost layer full of hot plasma. 

What is the Corona? 

400

This is the largest moon in the solar system. It orbits Jupiter and is larger than Mercury. 

What is Ganymede? 

400

This fourth state of matter is the most common state of matter found in space.

What is plasma?

400

This is the ingredient in any Italian red sauce that makes it have its characteristic color. 

What are tomatoes?

500

There are two belts in our solar system--the Asteroid Belt and this one. 

What is the Kuiper Belt?

500

The distance from the Sun to the Earth is known as 1 AU, or this many million miles. 

What is 93 million miles?

500

If the amount of light reflected by our Moon is growing, the "crescent" and "gibbous" stages are called by this "w" word. 

What is waxing?

500

This is what we call the theoretical "shell" of our solar system, made up of icy rocks that are barely feeling the gravitational pull of our Sun. 

What is the Oort Cloud?

500
This is the total number of possible points for assessments in Science 5 so far this Trimester. 

What is 70? (Test was 50, Mini-Project was 20).

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