Astro Warm Up

How many planets are there in the Solar System?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

If it is autumn (fall) in Bangkok, what season is it in London, UK?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn (fall)

If you look to the sky at night time during a "New Moon", what would you see?

• The Moon!

• Half a Moon!

• Quarter of the Moon!

• Nothing!

What is the Milky Way?

• The name of our galaxy

• The name of our solar system

• The name of our star

• The name of a chocolate bar

Pluto used to be a planet!

• True

• False

Put these planets in size order - biggest to smallest

• Jupiter, Earth, Saturn, Mercury

• Saturn, Jupiter, Earth, Mercury

• Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Mercury

• Mercury, earth, Saturn, Jupiter

If it is winter in Sydney (Australia), what season is it in Rome (Italy)

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn (fall)

What was astronomer Galileo Galilei arrested for?

• Saying the Earth orbited the Sun

• Bohemian Rhapsody

• Saying the Sun orbited the Earth

• Saying that all things in space stayed stationary

The Earth is the _____ planet from the Sun?

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

• Fifth

Humans have visited other planets in the solar system?

• True

• False