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Big round (ages 12 and up): 🚀 Space · 🌋 Planet Earth. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.
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The ten, for a host reading aloud
- 1.Why do we always see the same side of the Moon from Earth?
- A it spins once per trip around Earth
- B it does not spin at all
- C Earth's shadow hides the other side
- 2.The Challenger Deep, the deepest known part of the ocean, lies in which trench?
- A the Aleutian Trench
- B the Puerto Rico Trench
- C the Mariana Trench
- 3.What does a light-year measure?
- A a distance
- B a length of time
- C a brightness
- 4.Which earthquake waves usually arrive first at a faraway place?
- A S waves
- B surface waves
- C P waves
- 5.Which planet was the first found by math predictions instead of by watching the sky?
- A Saturn
- B Uranus
- C Neptune
- 6.Which planet has the shortest day in the solar system?
- A Jupiter
- B Mercury
- C Saturn
- 7.What was the name of the Apollo 11 lunar module that landed on the Moon?
- A Columbia
- B Eagle
- C Falcon
- 8.About how hot is the core of the Sun?
- A about 27 million °F
- B about 27 thousand °F
- C about 2,700 °F
- 9.What is the name of Pluto's largest moon?
- A Charon
- B Triton
- C Titan
- 10.Which part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was the only one to return to Earth?
- A the command module
- B the lunar module
- C the service module
🔑 Show the answers
- A: it spins once per trip around Earth. Scientists say Earth and the Moon are tidally locked. Source: NASA Science
- C: the Mariana Trench. It is about 10,935 meters deep, in the western Pacific Ocean. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service
- A: a distance. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles, how far light goes in a year. Source: NASA Science
- C: P waves. P stands for primary; the slower S, or secondary, waves arrive later. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- C: Neptune. Astronomers spotted it in 1846 on their first night of searching. Source: NASA Science
- A: Jupiter. Jupiter spins around once in only about 9.9 hours. Source: NASA Science
- B: Eagle. It set down in a flat, dark plain called the Sea of Tranquility. Source: NASA
- A: about 27 million °F. That heat is enough to power nuclear fusion. Source: NASA Science
- A: Charon. Charon is about half the size of Pluto, so the pair is often called a double planet. Source: NASA Science
- A: the command module. That command module, Columbia, has been at the Smithsonian since 1971. Source: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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