Science: Outer Space: The Milky Way

1Objects In the Sky

100

What are the hottest and brightest stars?

A) Black Holes

B) Blue Giants

C) Red Dwarfs

Blue Giants

200

What do we call a groups of stars?

A) A Galaxy

B) Constellations

C) Hollywood

Constellations

300

Why does the Earth have different seasons?

A) The Earth's tilt on its axis

B) The Moon's gravity on the Earth

C) Because of Jack Frost

The Earth's tilt on it's axis

400

What planet is the third brightest object in Earth's sky?

A) Jupiter

B) Mars

C) Tatooine

Jupiter

500

What do we call a group of objects in space that orbit a star in the center, plus the star itself?

A) A Galaxy

B) A Solar System

C) The Universe

A Solar System

2Inner Planets

100

Which of the 4 inner planet has both water and oxygen; which allows plants and animals to live?

A) Earth

B) Mars

C) Genesis

Earth

200

Which planet is the smallest planet in the solar system?

A) Jupiter

B) Mercury

C) Pluto

Mercury

300

Which of the 4 inner planet is called 'The Red Planet' because it looks fiery red from Earth?

A) Mars

B) Neptune

C) The Sun

Mars

400

Which planet has clouds of sulfuric acid that trap solar heat making it the hottest planet?

A) Mercury

B) Mustafar

C) Venus

Venus

500

Which of the 4 inner planets is 93 million miles away from the Sun?

A) Earth

B) Mercury

C) Uranus

Earth

3Outer Planets

100

Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system?

A) Earth

B) Jupiter

C) Saturn

Jupiter

200

Which outer planet rotates on its side as it revolves around the Sun.

A) Neptune

B) Uranus

C) Naboo

Uranus

300

Which planet of the 4 outer planets is known as the windiest planet in our solar system with winds reaching 1200 miles per hour?

A) Jupiter

B) Neptune

C) Chicago, the Wind City

Neptune

400

Which outer planet has rings that are able to be seen from Earth through a telescope?

A) Jupiter

B) Saturn

C) Vulcan

Saturn

500

For more than 300 years, this planet has had a gigantic hurricane-like storm called 'The Great Red Spot'?

A) Jupiter

B) Saturn

C) Bespin

Jupiter

4Small Solar Bodies

100

What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

A) An Asteroid Belt

B) Space

C) The Border Wall

An Asteroid Belt

200

What objects are big, but not big enough to be identified as a planet?

A) A Comet

B) An Asteroid

C) A Meteoroid

An Asteriod.

The largest asteroid in the asteroid belt has a diameter of 620 miles.

300

What small solar system body has a fiery tail when it orbits close by the Sun?

A) A Comet

B) A Solar System

C) The Milky Way

A Comet

400

What small solar system body was once considered a planet, but not anymore?

A) Andromeda

B) The Moon

C) Pluto

Pluto

500

What comet is well known because its orbit brings it close to Earth every 75 years?

A) Halley's Comet

B) Santa's Comet

C) The Vomit Comet

Halley's Comet

5The Moon

100

Which phase of the Moon occurs about 15 days after the New Moon phase?

A) Full Moon

B) Harvest Moon

C) Waxing Crescent Moon

Full Moon

200

What object(s) orbits a planet?

A) A Moon

B) The Sun

C) The Universe

A Moon

300

Which phase of the Moon happens after we see less and less of the Moon at night?

A) Full Moon

B) New Moon

C) Goodnight Moon

New Moon

400

What do we see when the Moon is 'waning'?

A) More Light

B) More Shadow

C) More Werewolves

More Shadow

500

What causes the moon's different phases?

A) The Earth's orbit around the Moon

B) The Moon's orbit around the Earth

C) The Moon's orbit around the Sun

The Moon's orbit around the Earth