Descriptions
What is the ISS?
A large, habitable spacecraft orbiting the Earth made to study outer space
What is a gas giant?
A planet mostly formed of gas that are usually the largest of planets
What is the difference between blue hyper giant stars and red hyper giant stars?
They're just different sizes and colors
What is the name of the asteroid belt surrounding the Solar System? (spell it out)
The Kuiper belt
When was the first prototype of the telescope invented?
The first prototype of the telescope was made in 1608
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
A large telescope in space made to give clear imagery of the cosmos
Name Jupiter's four largest moons
Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Europa
What is the difference between a meteorite and a meteoroid?
A meteoroid is a large rocky object floating in space while a meteorite is the remains of one that landed on earth
Venus was named 'Venus' after the Roman goddess of love because it is the brightest planet
When did Pluto become a dwarf planet?
2006
What is a telescope?
An instrument made to see faraway objects by looking through the lens of it
What is a rogue planet?
A planet roaming free and not around a star
What is the difference between redshift and blueshift?
Redshift is when things moving away from a viewer look red, blueshift is when things moving towards a viewer look blue
Where does the name 'telescope' come from?
'Telescope' comes from 'tele', or afar, and 'scope', or to observe
When did the sun form? (Round to the nearest hundred million)
Around 4.6 billion years ago
What is a black hole?
A collapsed star that ranges from centimetres to kilometres long and sucks in matter
How many moons does jupiter have?
95 total
What is the difference between a rogue planet and an exoplanet?
A rogue planet is a planet that is not orbiting a star; an exoplanet is just outside the solar system
Where does the name 'spectroscope' come from?
'spectroscope' comes from 'spectro', as in spectrum of light, and 'scope' or to observe
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What is a gravastar?
A planet-sized object made of dark matter that is basically the cousin of a black hole. Unlike a black hole, it has a solid shell around it
Name all the planets in the solar system and correctly classify them
Inner system:Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Outer system:Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Dwarfs: Ceres, Makemake, Pluto, Eris, Haumea
What is the difference between the Big Crunch and the Big Rip?
The Big Crunch is when the universe stops expanding and collapses while the Big Rip is when the universe expands forever and breaks apart
What are the names of all the Mars Rovers in chronological order?
Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perserverance, and Zhurong(does not count).
When were pulsars discovered?
1967