Astronomy 1-31

How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the sun?

• 24hrs

• 365days

• 3days

• 30mins

Which is the correct order of planets?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

Why does the moon shine at night?

• its afraid of the dark

• it thinks its daytime

• it reflects the light from the sun

What is the giant red spot on Jupiter?

• A big storm

• a pimple

• a star

• a burn

When the moon gets between the sun and the Earth its called a what?

• blindness

• shower storm

• Solar eclipse

• tropical storm

Who was Edmund Halley?

• a singer

• a scientist who discovered a famous comet

• a dog

• a superhero

What is the sun?

• a star

• a moon

• a cookie

• a cat

Which galaxy does our solar system belong to?

• the fudge way

• the earth

• the milky way

• the outer limits

The star "Polaris" is also called what?

• the north pole

• the outer banks

• the mountain

• the north star

A famous telescope launched in 1990 by NASA is called what?

• the Hubble space telescope

• the banana telescope

• the myspace