Astra Quiz: Space

Who invented the telescope?

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo

• Mariah Carey

• Nostradamus

What is the distance to the centre of the earth

• 8000km

• 6371km

• 5890km

• 10,000km

Who was the first woman on the moon?

• Anna Lee Fisher

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Kalpana Chawla

• No woman has been on the moon

Which two types of government does Australia have? 

• Constitutional Monarchy and Semi-presidential
• Presidential and Parliamentary
• Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy
• Semi-presidential and Presidential 

The atmosphere on Mars is mostly made up of...

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Argon

Where was Australia's first satellite, WRESAT, launched?

• Darwin

• Woomera

• Avalon

• Broome

How many kilometres in a light-year?

• 9.5 trillion km

• 9.5 billion km

• 950 billion km

• 950 million km

Approximately, how old is the earth?

• as old as time itself

• 6 billion years

• 2.9 billion years

• 4.54 billion years

Which spacecraft did Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr land on the moon?

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 7

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 17

What planet is closest in size to Earth

• Venus

• Mars

• Neptune

• Mercury