Bill Nye - Outer Space

If we represent the Earth with a tiny 2 mm ball, the ________ would be about 20 meters away.

• first satellite

• last planet

• sun

• moon

The fastest thing in the universe is _____, which travels at about 300,000 km/s.

• the Earth

• a cheetah

• Jupiter

• light

The distance that light travels in a year is called a 

• light year

• black hole

• space race

• starship

A star that we can see might not even

• ever burn out.

• exist anymore.

• have ever existed.

• be born yet.

The great red spot on Jupiter is a  ________ bigger than Earth.

• moon

• lake

• star

• hurricane

A group of stars that we've given a name to is called 

• a black hole

• a constellation

• a nebula

• Hollywood

The north star, located directly over the North Pole is named

• Santa

• Polaris

• Vega

• Betelgeuse

Eratosthenes figured out the circumference of Earth using  

• observations of the star, sun, and shadows.

• a tape measure.

• a flight around Earth with a GPS.

• Google Earth.

Our star is made up of the elements 

• iron and silicon

• gold and silver

• hydrogen and helium

• carbon and magnesium

We're all made of 

• atoms

• rocks

• silver

• gold