Solar System
The four inner, terrestrial planets of our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and this red planet.
What is Mars?
It takes this many minutes for sunlight to reach earth.
What is 8?
These vast collections of billions of stars, gas, and dust come in spiral, elliptical, and irregular shapes.
What are galaxies?
He was the first person to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
In 2023, this purple ice cream drink gained notoriety on social media after users pretended to die upon drinking it.
What is the Grimace Shake?
This rocky planet, known as Earth's "twin" for its similar size, has surface temperatures over 800°F.
What is Venus?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are all types of this energy source.
What are fossil fuels?
The point of no return around a collapsed star where gravity prevents even light from escaping.
What is a black hole?
The famous NASA telescope launched in 1990, named for an astronomer.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
This Broadway musical about underpaid workers in 1899 features the song "Santa Fe."
What is Newsies?
This planet is mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, is famous for its prominent ring system and low density, allowing it to float in water.
What is Saturn?
The sun is this far away from Earth.
What is 93,000,000 miles?
These immense clouds of gas and dust are often called the "birthplaces of stars."
What are nebulae?
The name of the NASA project that first landed humans on the Moon in 1969.
What is Apollo 11?
Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are the two main characters in this 2006 Disney TV movie.
What is High School Musical?
This fashionably named donut-shaped region beyond Neptune contains dwarf planets like Pluto and other remnants of the solar system.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
These two things cause the earth to experience seasons.
What is the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun?
A stellar explosion so bright it can briefly outshine its entire galaxy.
What is a supernova?
This permanent, multinational research outpost orbits Earth every 90 minutes.
What is the International Space Station? (ISS)
This installment of the Harry Potter series includes the magical “Triwizard Tournament” competition.
What is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?
These are the four gas giants.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
This occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon form a 90 degree angle.
What is a neap tide?
The vast, invisible substance thought to make up most of the universe's mass.
What is dark matter?
These gold-plated phonograph records, packed with sounds and images of Earth, travels with each Voyager spacecraft, hoping to find intelligent alien life.
What are the Golden Records?
This artist holds the record for highest-grossing tour of all time.