Astronomy

Question 1

Comets often have a ____?

Answer 1

Tail

Question 2

What are comets made of

Answer 2

Dust, rock, frozen water, gas

Question 3

What kind of orbit do comets move in

Answer 3

Elliptical

Question 4

What is a space rock called while it is in orbit still

Answer 4

Meteroid

Question 5

What is a space rock called when it is in Earth’s atmosphere

Answer 5

Meteor

Question 6

What is a space rock called when it hits earth

Answer 6

Meteorite

Question 7

Why are asteroids not planets

Answer 7

Because they are too small, and not enough gravitational pull to clear the area.

Question 8

Where is the asteroid belt located

Answer 8

Mars and Jupiter

Question 9

Name 2 asteroids

Answer 9

1 Ceres and Mathilde

Question 10

What is a meteor shower

Answer 10

a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky.

Question 11

What’s a meteor

Answer 11

a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth’s atmosphere (space rock)

Question 12

What’s an asteroid

Answer 12

asteroid is a minor planet–an object that is neither a planet nor a comet–that orbits within the inner Solar System.

Question 13

What’s a comet

Answer 13

Comets are frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ices.

Question 14

What are the 3 types of galaxy shapes

Answer 14

Elliptical, Spiral, Irregular

Question 15

How many arms are spiral galaxy made of

Answer 15

2

Question 16

What is our home galaxy called

Answer 16

Milky Way Galaxy

Question 17

What is our neighboring galaxy

Answer 17

The Andromeda Galaxy

Question 18

What is our neighboring star

Answer 18

Alpha Centauri

Question 19

At the center of every spiral galaxy is a ________

Answer 19

Black Hole

Question 20

What is a nebula

Answer 20

A huge cloud of dust and gas, within galaxies

Question 21

What are galaxies held together by

Answer 21

Gravity

Question 22

Name 2 meteor showers

Answer 22

Perseids and Lyrids (or Eta Aquarids)

Question 23

Name 2 comets

Answer 23

Halley’s Comet, Hale Bopp

Question 24

What is a satellite

Answer 24

Something that orbits around a planet

Question 25

How many planets have satellites

Answer 25

6/8

Question 26

Name 2 satellites

Answer 26

Moons, Sputnik 1, Explorer 1, the ISS

Question 27

Which planet has the most moons

Answer 27

Jupiter or Saturn??

Question 28

Which planets have no moons

Answer 28

Mercury ans Venus

Question 29

Which planet is names after the God of agriculture

Answer 29

Saturn

Question 30

Name 3 things satellites are used for

Answer 30

Mapping, weather detection, TV, telephone

Question 31

What's the avg speed the ISS orbits around Earth

Answer 31

27,700 km/h

Question 32

What is astronomy

Answer 32

It is the study of the universe and everything within it

Question 33

What's the altitude that space begins

Answer 33

The Kármán Line

Question 34

Where is the Kármán line located

Answer 34

100 km above ground level

Question 35

TroStMeThEx is?

Answer 35

The order of the atmosphere bottom to top, excluding ground level

Question 36

List the atmosphere bottom to top (TroStMeThEx)

Answer 36

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

Question 37

Which atmosphere is the Kármán Line?

Answer 37

Thermosphere

Question 38

Which atmosphere do you find meteors

Answer 38

Mesophere

Question 39

How high up is the troposphere

Answer 39

6-20km

Question 40

How high up is the stratosphere

Answer 40

50km

Question 41

How high up is the mesophere

Answer 41

85 km

Question 42

How high up is the thermosphere

Answer 42

690 km

Question 43

How high up is the exosphere

Answer 43

10,000 km

Question 44

Where do most visible objects float around (hot air balloons, airplanes)

Answer 44

Right between ground level and the troposphere

Question 45

What is a constellation

Answer 45

A group of stars that form a recognizable pattern

Question 46

What are the views of the universe

Answer 46

Geocentric (earth, old) and Heliocentric (sun, current)

Question 47

What is it called when Earth catches up to a planet making it look like the observed planet is going backwards?

Answer 47

Retrograde motion

Question 48

Who made the heliocentric universe model

Answer 48

Nicholas Copernicus

Question 49

Who made the geocentric universe model

Answer 49

Ptolemy

Question 50

What is the solar system

Answer 50

A collection of sun, planets, satellites, comets, asteroids, meteors, and space debris

Question 51

Fastest moving planet?

Answer 51

Mercury

Question 52

Uranus rotates on its

Answer 52

Side!

Question 53

The largest planet?

Answer 53

Jupiter

Question 54

The hottest planet

Answer 54

Venus

Question 55

How many rings does Saturn have

Answer 55

7

Question 56

Why is Neptune blue

Answer 56

Because of the high concentration of methane gas