Planets & Moons
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
The Milky Way
What is the name of the point in the sky where the Sun sets?
Horizon
What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?
71%
Which idiom means to be extremely happy or delighted?
Over the ..........
moon
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What is the closest star to Earth?
The Sun
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
equator
Which country has the most volcanoes?
Indonesia
If someone is “shooting for the stars,” what are they doing?
Aiming for something great or ambitious
Which planet is known as the Earth's twin?
Venus
What is the name of the brightest star in the night sky?
There is also a type of Camembert named after this star.
Sirius
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
It's in Greenwich.
Prime Meridian
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?
Pangaea
free points
free points
What is the name of the second largest planet in our solar system?
Saturn
Free points
JOKER
What is the name of the point in the sky where the Sun is directly overhead, at its highest point?
Zenith
What is the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans?
Mariana Trench
What does it mean if someone promises you “the moon and the stars”?
They are making extravagant promises they might not be able to keep.
What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?
Titan
What type of star is the Sun?
Yellow Dwarf
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
Which continent is the driest on Earth?
Antarctica (technically a desert)
What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean?
Something that happens rarely