Astronomy

Comets

100

True or False:The latest known impact of a comet happened in 1908.

What is true.

200

True or False: do comets orbit the sun

What is true

300

Do comets have a nucleus

What is yes

400

The bright streak of light we see when a meteoroid enters our atmosphere is caused by what?

What is frictional heating as the meteoroid speeds through the gases of our atmosphere.

500

Why is Halley's Comet famous?

What is Halley comet was the first periodic comet identified

Stars

100

How are stars formed?

What is nebulae.

200

This star can always lead you north.

What is Polaris or the North Star?

300

This is the star nearest the Earth.

What is the Sun?

400

How many stars can we see on a clear night?

What is between 3,500 and 4,000

500

Astronomers divide the sky into 88 regions known as these.

What are constellations?

Constellations

100

What is the worlds biggest island?

What is Greenland

200

What is Mr.Benhams favorite way to eat eggs.

What is toad in the hole.

300

How many US states border the Gulf of Mexico?

What is 5

400

Which country has more tractors per capita, Iceland,Germany or Sweden?

What is Iceland

500

Like the big dipper, these are popular groupings of stars, but not formal constellations.

What are asterisms?

Asteroids

100

How much asteroid and comet material hits Earth's atmosphere each day?

What is 100 tons.

200

This is the the largest asteroid in the solar system.

What is Ceres?

300

Our solar system's main asteroid belt is located between these two planets.

What are Mars and Jupiter?

400

Roughly how many near-Earth asteroids have been discovered to date?

What is 8,900

500

An asteroid caused the extinction of these 65 million years ago.

What are the dinosaurs?

Galaxies

100

How long is the Milky Way Galaxy

What is 100,000 light years

200

One third of all known galaxies are this shape.

What is spiral.

300

This type of galaxy has a bright central region and two or more curved arms.

What is a spiral galaxy?

400

Traveling at light speed, how long would it take to get to the nearest galaxy?

What is 25,000 years

500

What is the name of the black hole thought to exist at the center of the Milky Way?

What is Sagittarius A*