Brainteaser to take you on voyage of discovery in space

1 Which of the following elements were the only two that existed soon after the Universe formed? a. Hydrogen and helium b. Hydrogen and oxygen c. Carbon and hydrogen d. Helium and oxygen

2 The process of using the Sun’s energy to turn water and carbon dioxide into food and oxygen is known as: a. Fermentation b. Combustion c. Photosynthesis d. Respiration

3 What is the opposite of matter? a. Negative matter b. Antimatter c. Zero matter d. No matter

4 a pp roxi ma TElyh owl ong does it take our solar system to make one complete orbit around the centre of the milky Way? a. 24 years b. 240 years c. 24,000 years d. 240 million years

5 Which of these constellations cannot be seen from most of the Northern hemisphere? a. Orion b. Cassiopeia c. The Great Bear d. The Southern Cross

6 In Which year was the hubble Space Telescope launched? a. 1980 b. 1990 c. 2000 d. 2010

7 What evidence did Nasa’s curiosity rover find that suggests there was once running water on mars? a. Ice crystals b. Pebbles c. Seashells d. Drainpipes 8 The asteroid belt lies between which two planets? a. Jupiter and Saturn

b. Mars and Saturn c. Saturn and Neptune has liquid d. Mars and Jupiter

9 Saturn’S mood running over its surface. liquid is similar this to . . . a. Water b. Slime c. Ectoplasm d. Petrol

10 Which of these is not the name of a these is not theory about how the Universe will end? a. The Big Crunch b. The Big Freeze c. The Big Dipper d. The Big Rip

11 Astronomer edwin hubble is famous for discovering thats... the Universe is a. Expanding b. Contracting c. Heating up d. Cooling down

12 ThErE is a ‘spacecraft ceme tery’ in the pacific Ocean. this place is known as a. Point Nowhere

b. Point Nemo

c. Exit Point

d. Space Point

13 a SPACECRAFT leaving earth needs to reach what speed to enter orbit?

a. 2,000 km/h

b. 10,000 km/h

c. 40,000 km/h

d. 85,000 km/h

14 in What year did Pluto lose its ‘planet’ status?

a. 1906

b. 1966

c. 1996

d. 2006

15 NASA’S new horizons probe studied an object in the Kuiper Belt: arrokoth. it looks like …

a. An elephant

b. A house

c. A car

d. A snowman

16 DURING the first two billion years of earth’s history the planet had very little ...

a) Water

b) Oxygen

c) Land

d) Life

17 What name did scientists give to the planet that smashed into early earth and may have given our planet its tilt?

a. Gaea

b. Pangea

c. Titan

d. Theia

18 HOW many stars are in our solar system?

a. 1

b. 10

c. 100

d. 1,000

19 What colour are the hottest stars?

a. Yellow

b. Green

c. Blue

d. Red

20 AURORA borealis is another name for what?

a. The Moon

b. The Sun

c. Northern Lights

d. Solar system

1. a) hydrogen and helium

2. c) Photosynthesis

3. b) Antimatter

4. d) 240 million years

5. d) The Southern Cross

6. b)1990

7. b)Pebbles

8. d) Mars and Jupiter

9. d)Petrol

10. c)The Big Dipper

11. a) Expanding

12. b) Point Nemo

13. c) 40,000 km/h

14. d)2006

15. d) A snowman

16. b) Oxygen

17. d) Theia

18. a) 1

19. c) Blue

20. c) The Northern Lights