Space and Astronomy Quiz

A spacecraft where scientists live and work while orbiting Earth is a ______.

• Sundial

• Satellite

• Space Station

Answer explanation

🔴 The (a)   is a heavenly body that orbits a planet.

🔵 The (b)   is a large piece of rock that orbits the sun.

• moon

• crater

• asteroid

Answer explanation

This is a picture of an asteroid - a large piece of rock that orbits the sun.

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A (a)   is the length of time given by Earth's orbit around the Sun.

• day

• month

• year

A person who travels in outer space is an ______.

• pilot

• astronaut
• alien

Answer explanation

A (a)   is a hole on the surface of the moon.

• asteroid

• tether

• crater

Answer explanation

What is a type of rope that keeps astronauts from floating into space?

• Tether

• Sundial

• Crater

Answer explanation

What is a tool that tells time by using the sun?

• Sundial

• Satellite

• Space Station

Answer explanation

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The Earth's moon is considered a ______.

• natural satellite
• constellation

• planet

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Ocean tides are caused by the (a)   .

• gravity of the moon

• wind

• ocean currents

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🔷 The moon is bright at night because the moon (a)   .

🔷 It is daytime when the side of the moon (b)   .

• reflects the sunlight

• faces the sun

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