Earth and Space Quiz

What is a Space Station?

• A space station is a school in space.

• A space station is a type of spacecraft that only travels to the Moon.

• A space station is a large telescope used for observing stars.

• A space station is a spacecraft orbiting the Earth.

What do satellites help us with?

• Satellites are used for cooking food.

• Satellites assist in communication, weather forecasting, navigation, and Earth observation.
• Satellites are only used for flying to space.

• Satellites are used for finding new planets.

What are meteor showers made of?

• Meteor showers are pieces of rock or ice travelling very fast through space.

• Meteor showers are formed from volcanic eruptions on the Moon.
• Meteor showers consist of stars falling from the sky.

• Meteor showers are made of clouds moving quickly.

Who discovered that the Earth goes around the Sun?

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei

What did Galileo Galilei invent?

• The microscope

• The light bulb

• The first telescope

• The rocket

Why do astronauts go to space?

• To find aliens.

• To play football in zero gravity.

• To study space and planets.

• To build houses on the Moon.

What is at the centre of our Solar System?

• The Sun
• The Moon

• The Earth

• Mars

How many planets go around the Sun?

• 8
• 12
• 10
• 6

What is an orbit?

• An orbit is a type of star.
• An orbit is the speed of an object in space.
• An orbit is the path an object takes as it moves around another object in space due to gravity.
• An orbit is a fixed position in the universe.

Which planet takes the longest time to go around the Sun?

• Earth
• Neptune
• Mars
• Venus