Space Trivia Quiz

1. Which is the second smallest planet in our solar system?

2. The moon, Titan, orbits which planet?

3. Which is the brightest planet in the night's sky?

4. Which planet is larger, Neptune or Saturn?

5. What protects the Earth from meteoroids and radiation from the sun?

6. Which planets have no moons?

7. Which planet spins backwards compared to the others?

8. Approximately how old is the sun?

9. Who was the first person to travel into space?

10. How long does a solar eclipse last?

11. What is it called when many meteors occur at the same time in the same place?

12. What are the main elements that the sun is composed of?

13. What are the explosions of energy released by the sun's magnetic fields called?

14. Where is the asteroid belt located?

15. Name the spacecraft that carried the first astronauts to the moon.

16. Where can you go to see projections of the night's sky?

17. What is the sun's outermost layer called?

18. What's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?

19. Which star is closest to Earth? (It's not the sun!)

20. What percentage of the universe is composed of dark matter?

21. Which type of stars are the largest kinds of stars in the universe?