Solar System
What is the sun?
A. Star
B. Light
C. Planet
A Star
What is the name of our galaxy?
A. Mars
B. Twix
C. Milky way
The Milky Way
What is a crater?
a) A hole made by the impact of a meteorite.
b) A mountain made by tectonic plate collisions.
c) A large, flat plain located at Earth's poles.
a) A hole made by the impact of a meteorite.
What is the 3rd planet from the sun?
A. Mars
B. Earth
C. Pluto
Earth
How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?
A. 24 hours
B. 30 days
C. 365.25 days
365.25 days
Which planet is known as the red planet?
A.Earth
B.Uranus
C.Mars
Mars
Who is the first person to walk on the moon?
A. Neil Armstrong
B. Mr. Bean
C. Buzz Lightyear
Neil Armstrong
What separates the four inner planets and the four outer planets?
A. An asteroid Belt
B. Some stars
C. Some Moons
A - an asteroid Belt
What is the atmosphere made of?
A. Air
B. Dust
C. Stars
a) Air
How many moons does Neptune have?
A. 1
B. 16
C. 203
16 Moons
Who discovered the planet Pluto?
A. Clyde Tombaugh
B. Louis Armstrong
C. Bruno Mars
Clyde Tombaugh
What are Galaxies made of?
A. Dust
B. Gas
C. Stars
D. All of above
D - Galaxies are made of gas, dust, and stars
Which is the biggest ocean on Earth?
A The Atlantic Ocean
B The Pacific Ocean
C The Arctic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean (165 million square kilometers)
What are the 5 oceans of the world?
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Antarctic Ocean
What is the approximate number of stars in the observable universe ?
A. 200 sextillion
B. 200 thousand
C. 200 million
200 sextillion
How big is the moon compared to Earth (diameter)?
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 30%
30%
As of 2024, what is the human population on Earth?
A. 4.5 Billion
B. 8.2 Billion
C. 2.5 Billion
8.2 billion people
How many square miles is Earth's surface area?
A. 0.51 billion square kilometers
B. 0.1 million square kilometers
C. 999 trillion square kilometers
0.51 billion square kilometers.
How much is an astronomical unit?
a) The average distance from the Earth to the Sun
b) The distance light travels in one year
c) The distance between the Earth and the Moon
a) The average distance from the Earth to the Sun (ca. 149.6 million kilometers)
How long does it take Neptune to orbit the sun?
A. 2 years
B. 165 years
C. 1000 years
165 years
How much of Earth covered by water?
A. 71%
B. 50%
C. 60%
71%
Name the 8 planets in our solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What year was the dwarf planet Pluto discovered?
A. 1930
B. 1620
C. 1320
1930
What is the universe called?
A. Solar system
B. Galaxy
C. The Cosmos
The cosmos
What is a White Dwarf?
a) A small star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel.
b) A planet covered entirely in ice.
c) One of Santa's helpers (an elf)
a) A small star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel.