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Middle round (ages 9–11): Space. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. Who was the first American woman to fly in space?
- A. Sally Ride
- B. Peggy Whitson
- C. Eileen Collins
2. Which planet is the hottest in our solar system?
- A. Mercury
- B. Mars
- C. Venus
3. About how many Earth days does Mercury take to go once around the Sun?
- A. 365 days
- B. 88 days
- C. 687 days
4. What do we call the Moon phase when we can't see the Moon at all?
- A. a new moon
- B. a half moon
- C. a full moon
5. Which planet is tipped so far over that it seems to spin on its side?
- A. Saturn
- B. Neptune
- C. Uranus
6. In what year did astronauts first land on the Moon?
- A. 1979
- B. 1959
- C. 1969
7. About how far is the Sun from Earth?
- A. about 93 million miles
- B. about 93 thousand miles
- C. about 93 billion miles
8. In what year was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?
- A. 2006
- B. 1930
- C. 1990
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- A: Sally Ride. She flew on the space shuttle in 1983 and later became a physics professor.
- C: Venus. Mercury is closer to the Sun, but Venus's thick air traps heat.
- B: 88 days. That makes Mercury the fastest planet in our solar system.
- A: a new moon. During a new moon, the side of the Moon facing Earth is dark.
- C: Uranus. Its tilt makes it roll around the Sun like a ball.
- C: 1969. Apollo 11's lander touched down on July 20, 1969.
- A: about 93 million miles. That is about 150 million kilometers.
- A: 2006. Pluto was discovered in 1930 and was long called the ninth planet.
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