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MiSI ASTRONOMY AND SPACE TRIVIA

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The day on which the Sun’s direct rays cross the celestial equator is called:

a)

Equinox

b)

Easter

c)

Solstice

d)

Ecliptic

2.

Who invented the telescope?

A : Galileo Galilei (L1)

B : Archimedes (R1)

C : Hans Lippershey (L2)

D : Johannes Kepler (R2)

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Which of these objects is the farthest from the Sun?

a)

Neptune

b)

Saturn

c)

Kuiper Belt

d)

90377 Sedna

4.

What term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies?

a)

Symbology

b)

Syzygy

c)

Sizzle

d)

Suzerainty

5.

What is the visible part of the Sun called?

a)

Litosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Photosphere

d)

Atmosphere

6.

Who was the first person in the world to land on the moon?

a)

Neil Alen Armstrong

b)

Neil Alden Armstrong

c)

Neil Aden Armstrong

d)

Neil Aldrin Armstrong

7.

Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space.

a)

The statement is True

b)

The statement is False

8.

Which was the first spaceship which carried three American astronauts to land two of them on the moon?

a)

Apollo - 10

b)

Apollo - 9

c)

Apollo -11

d)

Apollo -12

9.

Which was the first country to send man to the moon?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

None of the above

10.

The code name of the first vehicle driven by man on the moon's surface was ?

a)

Luna 22

b)

Rover

c)

Eagle

d)

Challenger