Space Exploration
Stars & Solar System
Solar System
Big Bang Theory
Earth-Moon
100
The first man-made object to orbit the Earth.
A. Apollo 11 B. Voyager C. Sputnik D. Skylab
What is Sputnik?
100
Space debris that hits the Earth
What is a meteorite?
100
Atmosphere is mostly nitrogen; only planet to support living things
A. Venus B. Earth C. Mars D. Neptune
What is Earth?
100
What happens to wavelengths during blue shift?
A. They stretch B. They shorten C. They stay the same D. They disappear
What is they shorten?
100
The motion of an object spinning on its axis
A. Ellipse B. Revolution C. Rotation D. Sphere
What is rotation?
200
In the Space Race, which country put a human on the Moon first?
What is the United States?
200
In nuclear fusion, _______ atoms are fused into _______ atoms.
What is hydrogen is fused into helium?
200
Has the lowest density; less dense than water
A. Saturn B. Jupiter C. Neptune D. Uranus
What is Saturn?
200
What happens to wavelengths during red shift?
A. They stretch B. They shorten C. They stay the same D. They disappear
What is they stretch?
200
When we have equal hours of day and night (spring/fall)
A. Equinox B. Solstice C. Waxing D. Waning
What is an equinox?
300
What does a light year measure?
A. Speed B. Distance C. Time D. Amount of light
What is distance?
300
The brightness of a star (determined by its size)
A. Parallax B. Orbital velocity C. Red shift D. Absolute magnitude
What is absolute magnitude?
300
Has a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide, high greenhouse effect
A. Earth B. Venus C. Neptune D. Mars
What is Venus?
300
What does blue shift tell us about the movement of an object?
It is moving towards us
300
When the Moon's surface is getting bigger
A. Waxing B. Waning
What is waxing?
400
What is Earth's only natural satellite?
A. Sputnik B. The Moon C. Hubble D. The Sun
What is the Moon?
400
What is the final stage of a star with very large mass?
What is a black hole?
400
The largest planet
A. Pluto B. Saturn C. Jupiter D. The Sun
What is Jupiter?
400
What does red shift tell us about the movement of an object?
It is moving away from us
400
When the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth (Moon blocks the Sun)
A. lunar eclipse B. solar eclipse
What is a solar eclipse?
500
The country that made it to space first.
What is the USSR (Russia)?
500
The shape that the planets make around the Sun
A. ellipse B. Revolution C. Orbit D. Sphere
What is an ellipse?
500
Complete the order of the inner planets:
Mercury, ________, Earth, ___________
What is Venus & Mars?
500
What type of shift does the universe show, and what does this show about the movement of the universe?
Red shift, universe is expanding away from us
500
When the Earth's shadow falls on the Moon (Earth blocks Moon)
A. lunar eclipse B. solar eclipse
What is a lunar eclipse?