Space Quiz: 40 Questions From Easy to Insane

Space Quiz: 40 Questions From Easy to Insane: questions and answers

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1. Where would you weigh the LEAST? Earth · Moon · Jupiter

   Moon – Smaller worlds pull less. The Moon is the smallest here, so you'd weigh about a sixth of your Earth weight!

2. Which planet has a giant storm called the Great Red Spot? Neptune · Jupiter · Venus

   Jupiter – The storm is wider than the whole Earth!

3. What do we call a person who travels to space? Astronaut · Aviator · Navigator

   Astronaut

4. What pulls you down toward the ground? Wind · Magnetism · Gravity

   Gravity

5. Which of these is closest to Earth? Mars · Moon · Sun

   Moon – The Moon drifts about 4 cm farther away every year!

6. About how many days does Earth take to go around the Sun? 30 · 365 · 1,000

   365

7. What is the Milky Way? Our galaxy · A big comet · A giant star

   Our galaxy

8. Why does the Moon shine at night? It's burning gas · It reflects sunlight · It makes its own light

   It reflects sunlight

9. Which planet is third from the Sun? Venus · Mars · Earth

   Earth

10. Stars that form a picture in the sky are called a... Constellation · Shooting star · Black hole

    Constellation

11. How many moons does Earth have? None · One · Two

    One

12. A comet is mostly made of... Burning gas · Melted metal · Ice and dust

    Ice and dust – Its glowing tail always points away from the Sun!

13. Which space station do the USA, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada share? The ISS · Mir · Skylab

    The ISS

14. Which planet is often called Earth's twin? Mars · Venus · Mercury

    Venus

15. How long does moonlight take to reach Earth? About 1 second · About 1 minute · About 1 hour

    About 1 second

16. A light-year measures... A long time · Speed · Distance

    Distance – It's how far light travels in a year: about 9.5 trillion km!

17. What sits at the center of our galaxy? A giant black hole · A huge bright star · An empty space

    A giant black hole

18. Who was the first woman in space? Sally Ride · Valentina Tereshkova · Mae Jemison

    Valentina Tereshkova

19. Which planet has Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano known? Venus · Jupiter · Mars

    Mars – It's about two and a half times taller than Mount Everest!

20. About how old is our Sun? 4.6 million years · 4.6 billion years · 46 billion years

    4.6 billion years

21. Titan, a moon with lakes, orbits which planet? Saturn · Jupiter · Uranus

    Saturn

22. What shields Earth from solar wind and makes auroras? The Moon's gravity · Thick clouds · Its magnetic field

    Its magnetic field

23. How many sunrises do ISS astronauts see each day? 1 · 4 · 16

    16

24. Why do astronauts get taller in space? Their spine stretches · They eat more · Their bones get longer

    Their spine stretches

25. What was the first human-made satellite? Apollo 1 · Sputnik 1 · Hubble Telescope

    Sputnik 1

26. Which planet has a six-sided storm at its north pole? Jupiter · Saturn · Neptune

    Saturn – Each side of the hexagon is wider than Earth!

27. Which moon sprays water geysers into space? Enceladus · Phobos · Our own Moon

    Enceladus

28. Io, the most volcanic place known, orbits... Saturn · Mars · Jupiter

    Jupiter

29. About how fast does the ISS fly around Earth? 800 km/h · 28,000 km/h · 300,000 km/h

    28,000 km/h – That's fast enough to circle Earth in about 90 minutes!

30. Which space telescope launched in 2021? Hubble · Kepler · James Webb

    James Webb

31. What is the edge of a black hole called? Event horizon · Light barrier · Dark boundary

    Event horizon

32. Which spacecraft was first to leave the Sun's bubble, the heliosphere? Voyager 1 · Apollo 11 · New Horizons

    Voyager 1

33. About how long is one year on Neptune? 16 Earth years · 165 Earth years · 1,650 Earth years

    165 Earth years

34. What is the Kuiper Belt? Icy ring past Neptune · Rings around Saturn · Belt of gas around Mars

    Icy ring past Neptune

35. Which dwarf planet is the biggest object in the asteroid belt? Pluto · Eris · Ceres

    Ceres

36. Triton, a moon that orbits backwards, belongs to... Uranus · Neptune · Saturn

    Neptune

37. Astronauts say space smells like... Seared steak · Roses · Nothing at all

    Seared steak – They notice it on their suits after spacewalks!

38. Which galaxy is heading toward ours and will one day merge with it? Andromeda · Sombrero · Whirlpool

    Andromeda

39. The coldest known place in the universe is the... Moon's dark side · Boomerang Nebula · Planet Pluto

    Boomerang Nebula

40. About how much of the universe is ordinary matter like us? About 5% · About 50% · About 95%

    About 5%

41. From sunrise to sunrise, a day on Mercury lasts about... Exactly 1 Earth day · 59 Earth days · 176 Earth days

    176 Earth days

42. Which planet would have the shortest year? Mercury · Mars · Earth

    Mercury