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Objective
Students will understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
Astronomy Trivia
1. About how long does it take Pluto to orbit the Sun?
a. 248 days
b. 248 years
2. If you wanted to view the stars in the night sky, would you use…
a. an electron microscope.
b. a refracting telescope.
3. What would an astronomer study?
a. Rocks and minerals
b. Oceans and ocean life
c. Stars and planets
4. How many planets orbit our Sun?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11
5. How long does it take the Earth to make one rotation on its axis?
a. One year
b. One month
c. One day
6. Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?
a. Venus
b. Earth
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
7. Does a waxing moon appear to be larger or smaller as each night goes by?
a. Larger
b. Smaller
8. Which does not belong?
a. Taurus
b. Pegasus
c. Aquarius
d. Polaris
9. Which planet has rings? (There are two or more answers to this question.)
a. Mercury
b. Jupiter
c. Saturn
d. Pluto
Objective
Students will understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
10. A comet is also known as…
a. a ball or rock.
b. a dirty snowball.
c. nothing but gasses.
11. About how long does it take Sunlight to reach the Earth?
a. 8 seconds
b. 8 minutes
c. 8 hours
d. 8 days
12. Of these planets, which is furthest from the Sun?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
13. Which of the planets has a year of only 88 days?
a. Saturn
b. Mercury
c. Mars
14. On which object would you weigh the most?
a. Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Saturn
d. The Sun
15. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
a. Buzz Aldrin
b. Neil Armstrong
c. Pete Conrad
d. Dave Scott
16. Identify Earth’s tilt.
a. 90o
b. 23.5o
c. 32.5o
d. 52.3o
17. Which planet is a gas giant? (There are two or more answers to this question.)
a. Uranus
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
d. Neptune
e. MakeMake
Objective
Students will understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
Astronomy Trivia – Key
1. About how long does it take Pluto to orbit the Sun?
b. 248 years
2. If you wanted to view the stars in the night sky, would you use…
b. a refracting telescope
3. What would an astronomer study?
c. Stars and planets
4. How many planets orbit our Sun?
a. 8
5. How long does it take the Earth to make one rotation on its axis?
c. One day
6. Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?
d. Jupiter
7. Does a waxing moon appear to be larger or smaller as each night goes by?
a. Larger
8. Which does not belong?
d. Polaris
Objective
Students will understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
9. Which planet has rings? (There are two or more answers to this question.)
b. Jupiter, c. Saturn
10. A comet is also known as…
b. a dirty snowball.
11. About how long does it take Sunlight to reach the Earth?
b. 8 minutes
12. Of these planets, which is furthest from the Sun?
c. Jupiter
13. Which of the planets has a year of only 88 days?
b. Mercury
14. On which object would you weigh the most?
d. The Sun
15. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
b. Neil Armstrong
16. Identify Earth’s tilt.
b. 23.5o
17. Which planet is a gas giant? (There are two or more answers to this question.)
17. a. Uranus, c. Jupiter, d. Neptune
Objective
Students will understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
Astronomy Trivia – Scoring Guide
1. b (2 choices)
2. b (2 choices)
3. c (3 choices)
4. a
5. c (3 choices)
6. d
7. a (2 choices)
8. d
9. b, c
10. b (3 choices)
11. b
12. c (3 choices)
13. b (3 choices)
14. d
15. b
16. b
17. a, c, d (5 choices)
Scoring Guide
17 – 4
16 – 3.5
13-15 – 3
10-12 – 2.5
7-9 – 2
5-6 – 1.5
3-4 – 1
1-2 – .5
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