Beyond the Solar System

Question 1

How many galaxies are there?

Answer 1

Billions

Question 2

What is the name of the galaxy that our solar system belongs to?

Answer 2

The Milky Way

Question 3

What shape is the milky way galaxy?

Answer 3

A spiral

Question 4

Where is our Solar system located in the milky way?

Answer 4

Half way down one of the spiral arms

Question 5

What is another name for a sun

Answer 5

A star

Question 6

The distance between stars is much ____ than the distance between planets in a solar system

Answer 6

greater

Question 7

The universe contains billions of

Answer 7

galaxies

Question 8

The universe is made up of mainly

Answer 8

empty space

Question 9

What are distances in space measure in?

Answer 9

Light years

Question 10

What is a light year?

Answer 10

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year

Question 11

What is a vacuum?

Answer 11

Empty space (no particles whatsoever)

Question 12

What is the speed of light?

Answer 12

300 000 km/s

Question 13

What has a bigger diameter: the Earth or the Sun?

Answer 13

The Sun

Question 14

What has a bigger diameter: the Sun or the Earths orbit?

Answer 14

The Earth’s orbit

Question 15

What has a bigger diameter: The Earths orbit or the Solar system?

Answer 15

The solar system

Question 16

How much bigger is the Sun’s diameter compared to the Earths?

Answer 16

The Suns diameter is 100 times bigger than the Earths

Question 17

How much bigger is the milky ways diameter compared to the Suns?

Answer 17

600 billion times bigger

Question 18

How old is the Earth?

Answer 18

5000 million years old

Question 19

How old is the Sun?

Answer 19

5000 million years old

Question 20

How old is the universe?

Answer 20

14 000 million years old