Space and stuff 7 October 2021

What is a light year?

• Lighter than a heavy year.

• 12 light months

• A measure of time

• A measure of distance

The nearest star to Earth is ....

• the Moon

• Tom Cruise

• the Sun

• Alpha Centauri

The solar system consists of all planets and their moon, as well as the Sun

• True

• False

Which of these is not a planet of the solar system.

• Saturn

• Bombala

• Neptune

• Venus

• Mercury

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. That makes it the ....

• hottest

• coolest

• most awesome

• smallest

To fly to Mars would take .....

• days

• months

• years

• more than 10 years

Olympus Mons is on Mars, and is the largest active v_________ in the solar system.

• visitor

• vulcano

• vacuum cleaner

• vacant block of land

A supernova is .....

• better than a normal nova

• a type of new car

• an exploding star

Hubble is a the name of a space t_l_sc_pe.

The ancient Roman people thought there were seas on the moon, full of water.

• True

• False