Space

Question 1

What is the planet closest to the sun?

Answer 1

Mercury

Question 2

What is the planet second closest to the sun?

Answer 2

Venus

Question 3

What is the planet third closest to the sun?

Answer 3

Earth

Question 4

What is the planet fourth closest to the sun?

Answer 4

Mars

Question 5

What is the planet fifth closest to the sun?

Answer 5

Jupiter

Question 6

What is the planet sixth closest to the sun?

Answer 6

Saturn

Question 7

What is the planet seventh closest to the sun?

Answer 7

Uranus

Question 8

What is the planet eighth closest to the sun?

Answer 8

Neptune

Question 9

What is a solar eclipse?

Answer 9

It is when the moon passes between sun and earth, casting a shadow on earth that either partially or fully blocks the suns light in some areas

Question 10

What is a lunar eclipse?

Answer 10

It is when the moon moves into the earths shadow, causing the moon to be darkened

Question 11

What is the smallest planet and largest planet?

Answer 11

Mercury (smallest) and Jupiter (biggest)

Question 12

What is the hottest and coldest planet?

Answer 12

Venus (hottest) and Uranus (coldest)

Question 13

What planet has a day which is longer than its year?

Answer 13

Venus

Question 14

What planet has the longest year?

Answer 14

Neptune

Question 15

What planet has the shortest year?

Answer 15

Mercury

Question 16

What planet has the most rings?

Answer 16

Saturn

Question 17

What is the second largest planet?

Answer 17

Saturn

Question 18

What is the third largest planet?

Answer 18

Uranus

Question 19

Between what two planets would you find the asteroid belt?

Answer 19

Mars & Jupiter

Question 20

8 phases of the moon

Answer 20

New moon, waxing cresent, first quater, waxing gibous, full moon, waining gibous, third quater, waining cresent

Question 21

What is the scientific name for the northern lights?

Answer 21

Aurora Borealis

Question 22

What is the scientific name for the southern lights?

Answer 22

Aurora Australis

Question 23

Why does the Aurora occur close to the poles?

Answer 23

Because of the shape of the earths magnetic field, the magnetic field lines create two ovals of aurora around the north and south poles

Question 24

What is a galaxy?

Answer 24

A galaxy is a large collection of stars, planets, moons, nebulas, asteroids, comets, etc, and often orbits a large central black hole

Question 25

What is a Meteoroid?

Answer 25

A metal/rock travelling through space

Question 26

What is a Meteor?

Answer 26

A meteoroid that has entered the atmosphere

Question 27

What is a meteorite?

Answer 27

A meteor that has impacted and survived

Question 28

How is a comet different from a meteoroid?

Answer 28

Comets are made up of ice dust and rock while meteoroid are made of metal or rock

Question 29

How long is a year on earth?

Answer 29

365.25 days

Question 30

How long is a year on any planet?

Answer 30

A year is the amount of time it takes to completely orbit around the sun once

Question 31

What is a day?

Answer 31

The amount of time it takes a planet to rotate once on its axis

Question 32

What is a solstice?

Answer 32

The point where the sun appears to reach either its highest or lowest point in the sky for the year

Question 33

What is an equinox?

Answer 33

The time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator

Question 34

What are the two solstices?

Answer 34

Summer and winter solstices

Question 35

What are the two equinoxes?

Answer 35

Autumn and spring equinoxes

Question 36

What is the scientific name for the earths wobble?

Answer 36

Precession

Question 37

How many degrees is the earth tilted?

Answer 37

About 23.5 degrees

Question 38

Why does the earth have seasons?

Answer 38

The earths spin axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane

Question 39

What causes tides?

Answer 39

The gravitational forces exerted on the earth by the moon, and to a lesser extent, the sun

Question 40

What is a constellation?

Answer 40

A group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the night sky

Question 41

What is a stars luminosity?

Answer 41

The total amount of electromagnetic energy emitted per unit of time by a star, galaxy, or other astronomical objects

Question 42

What is absolute magnitude?

Answer 42

How bright a star would appear if viewed from 33 light years away

Question 43

What is apparent magnitude?

Answer 43

Value based upon how bright the star looks from earth

Question 44

What is a nebula?

Answer 44

A giant cloud of dust and gas in space

Question 45

What unit is used to define a stars mass?

Answer 45

Solar mass

Question 46

What are the two likely outcomes of a large star going super nova

Answer 46

Neutron star or black hole

Question 47

What are the 4 main types of classification for galaxies?

Answer 47

Spiral, eliptical, irregular, pecularlenticular

Question 48

How does a star produce energy?

Answer 48

By a process called nuclear fusion, which releases energy, which heats the star and prevents it from further collapsing under the force of gravity