1. Всероссийский интернет-конкурс педагогического творчества 2013-2014 учебный год LET’S FLY TO THE STARS SPACE QUIZ Сергеева Ольга Евгеньевна КГОАУ «Школа космонавтики» г. Железногорск Красноярского края

2. 1 The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. It contains one trillion stars.

3. ANSWER ANDROMEDA GALAXY

4. 2.It is the best known and most represented star group in the Southern Hemisphere.

5. ANSWER SOUTHERN CROSS

6. 3. It is probably the most violent moon in the solar system. It is full of active volcanoes which erupt all the time.

7. ANSWER IO, JUPITER’S MOON

8. 4. In Northern hemisphere these impressive and beautiful lights seen above the magnetic pole are known as ….

9. ANSWER AURORA BOREALIS (NORTHERN LIGHTS)

10. 5.This image was taken by a space probe while exploring the surface of one of the planets in 1976.

11. ANSWER THE FACE ON MARS

12. 6.Its most famous appearance was in 1066 when it was seen at the Battle of Hastings and many believed that it was a sign of bad luck for Britain.

13. ANSWER HAILEY COMET

14. 7.In summer 2011, it passed the landmark of its millionth observation

15. ANSWER HUBBLE TELESCOPE

16. 8.What is the connection between these two images?

17. ANSWER Earthrise is the name given to a photograph of the Earth that was taken by astronaut William Anders in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission. This image was used by a Postal Service on a stamp

18. 9.Belka and Strelka became the first living creatures to orbit the Earth. But the real names of the dogs were different. What were they?

19. ANSWER ALBINA AND MARKIZA

20. 10. Her call name was Seagull.

21. ANSWER VALENTINA TERESHKOVA

22. 11. This planet was the only one named by a kid. What was the name of the girl? What planet did she name?

23. ANSWER VENETIA BURNEY NAMED PLUTO. After it had been discovered, an 11-year-old Venetia who lived in Oxford, England, suggested that this new planet needed to be named after the Roman god of the underworld. Her grandfather sent this suggestion to the Lowell Observatory and the name was accepted.

24. 12.The world celebrates 12 April as the day when the first human flew into space. Do you know what other space “first” fell exactly on this date?

25. ANSWER NASA’S SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA WAS LAUNCHED ON 12 APRIL 1981

26. 13. What did Neil Armstrong say when he stepped onto the lunar surface?

27. ANSWER “THAT’S ONE SMALL STEP FOR A MAN, A GIANT LEAP FOR THE MANKIND”

28. 14. Apollo 13 mission to the Moon is often called а “successful failure”. Why?

29. ANSWER Apollo 13 was to be the third lunar landing attempt, but the mission was aborted after rupture of service module oxygen tank. Still, it was classified as a "successful failure" because of the experience gained in rescuing the crew.

30. 15 There is one thing that unites the names of 27 Uranus moons and makes them different from the names of other moons in the solar system. What is it?

31. ANSWER ALL OF URANUS MOONS ARE NAMED AFTER CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND ALEXANDER POPE

32. MATCH PLANETS AND THEIR NICKNAMES: The Ringed Planet The Blue Planet Ice Giant The Red Planet The Swift Planet The Dwarf planet The Morning (Evening) Star The Giant Planet The Big Blue Planet? Mars Pluto Earth Saturn Jupiter Mercury Venus Uranus Neptune

33. ANSWER The Ringed Planet - Saturn The Blue Planet - Earth Ice Giant - Uranus The Red Planet -Mars The Swift Planet – Mercury The Dwarf Planet – Pluto The Morning (Evening) Star – Venus The Giant Planet - Jupiter The Big Blue Planet - Neptune

34. THE SOLAR SYSTEM: true or false? The Sun will die in about 10 billion years. Mercury has no atmosphere. Venus rotates in the opposite direction, from west to east. Earth is the biggest terrestrial planet. There are 4 seasons on Mars. Jupiter’s moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto are called Shepherd moons. Saturn’s rings are split into categories from 1to 7 (Ring 1, Ring 2, Ring 3, etc). Uranus spins on its side. Neptune is a very windy planet. In 2006 Pluto’s status was officially changed from planet to comet.

35. ANSWER The Sun will die in about 10 billion years. - False Mercury has no atmosphere. - True Venus rotates in the opposite direction. - True Earth is the biggest terrestrial planet. - True There are 4 seasons on Mars. - False Jupiter’s moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto are called Shepherd moons. - False Saturn’s rings are split into categories from 1to 7 (Ring 1, Ring 2, Ring 3, etc). - False Uranus spins on its side. - True Neptune is a very windy planet. - True In 2006 Pluto’s status was officially changed from planet to comet. - False