Space!
What do we call the planets closest to the Sun? (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)
Inner Planets/Rocky Planets
What is the largest planet
Jupiter
What planet is the only one that can not be seen from Earth with the naked eye?
Neptune
Neil Armstrong's famous quote "One small step for a man one giant leap for _______"
Mankind
What is the name of the space ship that landed on the moon.
Apollo 11
How long does it take Earth to rotate once on its axis?
24 Hours
What do we call scientists that study space?
Astronomers
Jupiter is made mostly of which type of common gas?
Hydrogen
Armstrong, Collins and _______ were the first men on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin
What was the name of the space ship that Exploded causing a huge tragedy?
Challenger
Where is the Asteroid Belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter
What Galaxy do we live in?
Milkyway galaxy
A natural or man-made object that orbits a planet or smaller objects is a ______
satellite
The first African American woman in space.
Mae Jemison
Where are observatories most commonly built?
On top of mountains and hillls
What are the Outer Planets made of? (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
Gas
Why does the moon seem to shine at night?
The curved path something in space takes around another object in space
orbit
On the ISS in the astronauts have to do what to sleep.
Strap themselves to the wall
How long ago to scientists suspect that the big bang happened?
14 Billion years ago.
Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
It does not not clear its orbit
The planet Mars looks red because its rocks have _______ in them.
Rust
When the moon gets in between the sun and earth it's a..
Solar eclipse
Where did Mae Jemison go to college.
Stanford
Before the big bang the universe was condensed into _______
An extremely hot tiny speck.