What are cooler, dark areas on the Sun's surface. Every 11 years, the Sun seems to have a major breakout.
What is a sunspot
100
What is the name and shape of the galaxy that contains Earth?
What is the Milky Way Galaxy (Spiral)
100
What are the names of the four inner planets?
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
100
These are chunks of loosely held rock and ice that are thought to come from the outer regions of the solar system.
What are comets
100
Name three Canadians who have been to space.
Options:
- Roberta Bondar
- Julie Payette
- Chris Hadfield
- Robert Thirsk
- Steven Maclean
- Marc Garneau
- Dave Williams
- Bjarni Tryggvason
- Ken Money
200
All stars are made-up of these two gases. They are used to create energy through the process of nuclear fusion.
What is hydrogen and helium
200
What will our Sun be in its next stage of its life?
What is a Red Giant
200
This planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty and is the brightest object in the sky besides our Sun and Moon.
What is Venus
200
These are chunks of rock, metal, or both that are shed from an asteroid or comet.
What are meterorites
200
This robotic arm has helped to build and maintain the space station
What is the Canadarm2
300
This is the centre of the Sun where nuclear fusion produces the Sun's energy.
What is the core
300
These two gases make up most of our Sun
What are hydrogen (73%) and helium (25%) gas
300
This is the stormiest planet in the Solar System and has 63 moons.
What is Jupiter
300
This is a space rock that becomes so hot that it glows when it passes into the Earth’s atmosphere. It is commonly referred to as a shooting star.
What is meteor
300
This is an advanced, highly co-ordinated robot that connects to the Canadarm2
What is Dextre
400
These are violent outbursts that occur close to the sunspots. They send high-energy sub-atomic particles into space.
What is a solar flare
400
This is a collection of many billions of stars, plus gas and dust held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy
400
What are of the outer planets commonly referred to as?
What are the gas giants
400
This is an event where the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth, so that the moon casts its shadow on part of the Earth
What is solar eclipse
400
What Canadian Astronaut now serves as our Governor General?
Who is Julie Payette
500
This is the outermost layer of the Sun.
What is the corona
500
This is the earliest stage of a star's life
What is a nebula
500
Name three features of the outer planets
Options:
o Have a gassy atmosphere and no solid surface
o Are very large compare to the inner planets
o Have orbits that keep them far from the Sun
o Have rings around them
o Have numerous moons
500
This is an event where the Earth moves directly between the Sun and the Moon, so that the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon
What is lunar eclipse
500
This was the first and only Canadian to command a spaceship as Commander of the ISS.