Planets
Earth
Space Travel
Space Careers
Stars
100

True or False: The sun is a planet. 

What is false? The sun is a star

100

Does Earth have more land or water? 

What is water? 

100

What vehicle do we travel to space in? 

What is a rocket? 

100

This career travels to space. 

What is an astronaut?

100

The closest star to the earth is...

What is the sun?

200
The planet that is covered mostly by water
What is Earth?
200

What are two reasons that we can live on earth? 

Any two of these 5: 

Air to Breathe, Water to Drink, Just the Right Temperature, Soil and Plants, and Sunlight


200
This is specially designed to protect astronauts from extreme sunlight while on space walks
What is space suit
200

True or false: An astrophysicist works in the space industry. 

What is true?

200

You call a group of stars that we connect together to make a picture a...

What is a constellation?

300

How many planets are there?

What is 8? (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)

300

When it is day on one side of the earth, it is ______ on the other side. 

What is night?

300

What is the acronym for the International Space Station is...

What is ISS?

300

True or False: You do not need creative people to work in the space industry. 

What is false?

300

True or false: Stars are really shaped like a star. 

What is false? 

Our eyes make them look pointy!  When we look at stars, their light twinkles because it travels through the air (atmosphere), which bends the light in different directions.
This makes the star’s light spread out and look like it has little points, but they are actually just a big ball of gas!

400

The two planets that start with "M" are...

What are Mercury and Mars? 

400

What is something that we can do to take care of our planet earth? 

Accept any reasonable answer

400

What are two things an astronaut traveling in space needs with them in a rocket ship?

Food, spacesuit, oxygen, helmet, space tools, etc. 

400
What is something an astronaut needs to do before a mission? 

Accept reasonable answers: 


400

What star is the inspiration for many art pieces? 

What is the sun? 

500

Name all the planets. 

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

500

It takes one _______ for the earth to rotate around the sun. 

What is a year? 

500

This is why items float in a rocket ship if they aren't secured in place? 

What is zero-gravity or (no gravity)

500

Name on space career besides an astronaut. 

(Accept a reasonable response)

500

True or False: One of the constellations is Orion. 

What is true?