Space Trivia Questions

What is the name of baby stars?

• Dwarf

• Supergiant

• Protostars

• Nebulas

True or False
Stars are really close together in outer space.

• True

• False

To get the sun to appear bigger in our sky, how would the distance between the sun and earth have to change?

• Earth would have to move closer to the sun

• Earth would have to move farther from the sun

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What are stars?

• Rocky bodies

• Hot exploding balls of gas

• 5 pointed shapes

• Hollywood actors

The color of the star tells us its 

• composition

• Temperature

• Luminosity 

• Mass

What do we use to classify the temperature, brightness, and size of stars?

• Color

• The star's shape

• H-R Diagram

The Sun, eight planets, and thousands of stars make up the 

• outer planets

• inner planets

• solar system

• light years

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What is the name for a star pattern that is visible in the night sky?

• a meteoroid

• a solar system

• a star chart

• a constellation

Which objects cause craters to form a planet? 

• meteors

• meteorites

• comets 

• moons

Which planet is the largest in the solar system and has a Great Red Spot?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

• Saturn

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