Planets
What is the name for the amount of time it takes for a planet to orbit its star (unique to each planet)?
A year
What are the planets in the solar system in order from the Sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranas, Neptune
What is the closest star to the Earth?
The Sun (duh)
What does JWST stand for?
What is a light-year?
The distance light travels in a year
What is the term used for any planet that orbits a star outside of the star system?
Exoplanet
What is the name of the region between Mars and Jupiter containing millions of asteroids?
SUPERNOVAAAAA
Who was the first person on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
The Big Dipper is part of what constellation?
Ursa Major
What is the name of the area just far enough from a star for a planet to be able to support life?
The Goldilocks Zone
Which is larger: Earth or Venus?
Earth
What is the North Star actually called?
Polaris
What does ISS stand for?
International Space Station
What is an AU (astronomical unit)?
The distance from the Earth to the Sun
Which planet is the hottest in our star system?
Venus
How old is our Sun?
4.6 billions years
What are the clouds of dust and hydrogen gas in which stars are born called?
Nebula
Who was the first person in space?
Yuri Gagarin
Black Holes
What are the three main conditions for a celestial body to be classified a planet?
Enough mass to hold its shape, be able to clear it's path, orbit a star (any order)
Which of the planets in our star system have rings?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
How far from us is the star Proxima Centauri?
4.24 light years (I will accept 4 light years)
What was the name of the Earth's first artificial sattelite?
Sputnik 1
How old is the universe?
13.8 billion years (I will accept 14B)