Quiz about space: interesting and educational questions with answers

Definition

A quiz is a game in which you need to give answers to questions, adhering to predetermined rules. The procedure and conditions for identifying winners may vary significantly depending on the situation. If the quiz is held at a family party, each child can compete for victory individually. It is logical to divide a large group of children into teams. At the same time, the excitement of players increases significantly.

When giving a quiz about space, try to create a playful atmosphere. Teams can turn into rocket crews, go on an imaginary journey, and encounter UFOs. For correct answers, give out tokens in the form of stars or funny aliens. It would be good if the game was played to mysterious cosmic music. Then children will be more willing to join in and receive more positive emotions.

Riddles for kids

A quiz about space for preschoolers should consist of simple questions. You can use pictures to have children guess the celestial bodies depicted on them. Riddles are perfect for little ones. For example, these:

A golden ball looked in the window, and bunnies were dancing. What is this? (Sun).
At night, a pale-faced ... (Moon) is visible in the sky.
Golden peas are thrown into the night sky. (Stars).
The planet flies around the Sun, covered in forests and mountains. Seas and fields flash by. It's called... (Earth).
Fast, like a comet, it takes off into space... (Rocket).
He is dressed in a spacesuit and goes to the rocket. Soon it will fly away to the stars and planets. (Astronaut).

Quiz for older preschoolers

Five-year-old children already have a certain amount of knowledge about space. They will be happy to go on an interstellar journey. It is important that intellectual questions are interspersed with sports relay races and creative tasks (building a rocket, drawing aliens). After all, preschoolers quickly get tired of monotonous activities.

Below are questions for a quiz about space (with answers) for children of this age:

What is the name of the planet we are all on now? (Earth).
What color is our planet? (Blue).
Which star do we all constantly revolve around? (Sun).
Name the other planets in the solar system. (Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Mercury).
What is the name of the satellite of our planet that can be seen at night? (Moon).
What were the names of the dogs that flew into space and successfully returned back? (Belka and Strelka).
The first person to go into space. (Yuri Gagarin).
What clothes do astronauts wear? (Space suit).
What kind of machine can fly into space? (On a rocket).
Does an astronaut need spoons and forks? (No, they eat food from tubes).

Astronomy quiz for preschool children 6 - 7 years old with answers

Quiz about space for preschoolers 6 - 7 years old “Journey to the Solar Kingdom”
Author: Kovalchuk Valentina Nikolaevna. Educator. Kindergarten No. 90. city of Tyumen. Description: This quiz allows you to consolidate and expand children's knowledge of astronomy among preschoolers of the preparatory group and elementary school. It is very important that children receive the scientific foundations of astronomy in a language they can understand. Goal: To develop cognitive interest in astronomy. Objectives: To consolidate and clarify children’s ideas about planet Earth, the planets of the solar system, stars, some cosmic phenomena and objects moving throughout the Universe. Enrich and activate children's vocabulary in astronomy. Develop coherent dialogical speech in children. Develop visual-figurative thinking. Develop a culture of communication, the ability to listen without interrupting. Preparation: Reading books, looking at illustrations, making observations, memorizing poems, solving riddles.

Quiz progress

Questions and Answers
1. What is the sun? The sun is a star in the solar system. The Earth and other planets of the solar system revolve around the Sun. Child:
“Sunny is a coin,” the stingy one grumbled. No, a frying pan! - the glutton cried. “No, it’s a loaf,” the baker said. Compass,” the sailor said with conviction. The sun is a star, the astronomer announced. “A kind heart,” the dreamer decided.

2. Is it possible to walk on the Sun? No. The sun is a star, a huge hot ball of gas. If anything falls into the sun, it will immediately turn into gas. This is such unimaginable heat in the sun! 3. Why do people affectionately call the sun “sun”? Because people love the Sun. It shines, it warms, there is a whirlpool of water in nature, plants produce oxygen, solar power plants produce electricity. Child:
Our sun has a hundred worries: Heat our garden, Bloom all the flowers, Stay on the veranda, After a rain, on the run, Make a rainbow-arc.
And throw hemp on Natasha the Laughing One’s nose. 4. Where does the sun spend the night? Our planet Earth constantly rotates around its axis and exposes the sun's rays first to one side (then day comes), then the other side (then night comes). Child:
Why, in the evening, is the sun in a hurry to run away? Perhaps the sun has a desire to lie down? Probably the sun has a soft bed? It's probably too soft for the sun to sleep there! Maybe it’s just the sun that’s getting tired of shining for us And the sun really needs to recharge itself? Good night, sunshine! We can wait, and tomorrow with the first ray of light you will come to us again!

5. Why is there winter and summer? The imaginary axis of the planet Earth is tilted. Planet Earth moves in orbit around the Sun for a whole year. When the northern hemisphere, in which our country is located, turns away from the sun, winter sets in. It's summer in the southern hemisphere at this time. The Earth runs further in its orbit, and little by little the northern hemisphere turns towards the Sun and spring comes here, and then summer. In the southern hemisphere, autumn comes first, and then winter.

6. On what planet does day last for a whole year, and night lasts for a whole year? On Mercury. Why? Mercury rushes around the Sun in its orbit much faster than a spaceship, and rotates around itself very slowly: a year is day, a year is night.

7. How many planets are there in the solar system? Eight. In what order are they from the sun? Child:
In order, all the planets can be named by any of us: One - Mercury, Two - Venus, Three - Earth, Four - Mars. Five is Jupiter, Six is Saturn, Seven is Uranus, followed by Neptune. Author: Arkady Khait

8. Why is Mars red? The earth on Mars is red-brown in color. 9. Which planet is the largest? Jupiter.

10. What is the name of a star that is visible even during the day? This is the planet Venus. It appears to be a shiny silver ball, but it does not glow itself, but simply reflects sunlight. Up close, its surface is reddish-brown.

11. Why does everything fall to Earth? The force of gravity acts.

12. Why doesn't the Moon fall to Earth? The Moon is a satellite of the Earth (it rotates around the Earth in its orbit). Like the Earth and other planets of the solar system are satellites of the Sun (rotate around it).

13. Why is the Moon in the evening sky sometimes full and round, sometimes only half visible, sometimes a thin crescent? The moon circles our planet in 28 days. And the part of the Moon that is illuminated by the Sun is bright.

14. Which planets do not have satellites? At Mercury and Venus. Which planet has the most satellites? Jupiter now has 60 known.

15. Each planet has something of its own, which most clearly distinguishes it. You will certainly recognize Saturn by sight - It is surrounded by a large ring. It is not continuous, it is made up of different stripes. Saturn has the most developed ring system. What are Saturn's rings made of? Saturn's rings made of dust and ice.

16. What are stars? Child:
What are stars? If they ask you, answer boldly: Hot gas. And add that, moreover, there is always a Nuclear Reactor - Every star! Author: Rimma Aldonina

17. Is it possible to count the stars in the sky? No. 18. Can stars fall from the sky? No. These small solid meteoric bodies, falling from outer space, become heated and, burning, begin to glow like stars. 19. What have astronomers done to better navigate the sky? Astronomers divided the sky into regions, and the stars into groups, constellations. They connected the brightest stars in the group with each other with imaginary lines and looked at what they resembled. This is how Cancer, Swan, Cassiopeia, Hercules, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor appeared in the sky...

20. What are the names of the astronomical buildings in which scientists observe and study the stars? Observatories. They are located far from populated areas or in the mountains. Equipped with telescopes. After all, you can only watch the stars in a clear sky.

21. What are the names of the instruments through which you can observe the stars? Telescopes. 22. Milky Way. What is this? Child:
The black velvet of the sky is embroidered with stars. A bright path runs across the sky. It spreads easily from edge to edge, as if someone spilled milk across the sky. But, of course, there is no milk or juice in the sky, We see our star system from the side. This is how we see the Galaxy. Our distant native light is space for astronautics for many thousands of years. Author: Rimma Aldonina.

Outdoor game “Let's collect the stars”

The teacher lays out multi-colored stars in the group. You need to collect the stars in different baskets, sorting by color.

Puzzles

The third from the sun, not the largest of the planets.
But of all the planets, it is the only one on which there is life. (Earth)

A large bucket is visible in the sky. Children dream of drinking from it. (Big Dipper)

At night he looks into the darkness through a huge pipe. He wants to discover his very distant star. (Astronomer)

There is a special tube, In it the Universe is visible, Astronomers see the kaleidoscope of stars in ... (telescope).

They shine in the sky in the dark, Although no one turns them on. (Stars)

You come to us from space, pulling your long tail behind you. Some of you visit us more than once. (Comet)

You are the empty areas of the Universe Beyond the boundaries of celestial bodies. You are darkness, almost a vacuum, Disturbing the minds of scientists. (Space)

Twelve times a year he is born, sometimes he loses weight, sometimes he gets better. It illuminates a clear night, but does not warm. (Moon, month)

Solid body from outer space Weighing from grams to tons. It flies through the atmosphere and lands on Earth. (Meteorite)

A wide white stripe across the sky stretched across the night sky, dividing it in half. (Milky Way)

Child:
The black velvet of the sky is embroidered with stars.
A bright path runs across the sky. It spreads easily from edge to edge, as if someone spilled milk across the sky. But, of course, there is no milk or juice in the sky, We see our star system from the side. This is how we see the Galaxy. Our distant native light is space for astronautics for many thousands of years. Author: Rimma Aldonina Above the forest, above the mountains, a carpet spreads. It is spread out like a tent over you and over me, Sometimes it is gray, sometimes it is blue, sometimes it is bright blue. (Sky)

He flies around the Earth and does scientific work. It flies in a given orbit. It's shining like a star in the sky. It is the sun that illuminates it. It reflects the light. (Artificial Earth satellite)

Outdoor game “Cosmonauts” Hoops are laid out in a circle. Children run freely around the hoops and say the words: Fast rockets are waiting for us to fly around the planets. Whichever one we want, we’ll fly to that one! But there is one secret in the game - there is no room for latecomers! After the last words, the children take their places in their rockets. Then everyone stands in a circle again and the game starts all over again. Each time the teacher removes several hoops. The game is repeated until only one hoop remains. Quiz results
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Quiz “Journey through the Solar System”

During lessons, younger schoolchildren get acquainted with various cosmic bodies and learn the basics of astronomy. Competition between teams will allow you to repeat the material in a fun way.

A quiz about space for primary grades can take the form of a virtual trip to the nearest planets with stops on each. Here is a tentative list of questions:

What is the name of the star closest to Earth? (Sun).
How many planets orbit around it? (8).
The smallest and fastest of the planets, where the heat reaches 350 °C during the day and the frost at night is -170 °C. (Mercury).
The brightest planet that can be seen from Earth without a telescope. She was named after the beautiful goddess of love. (Venus).
It is third from the Sun and has one satellite. (Earth).
This planet is called “red” because its surface is covered with orange-red sands. The celestial body is named after the formidable god of war. (Mars).
The largest of all planets, consisting entirely of gas. (Jupiter).
This celestial body is known for its rings of rocks and pieces of ice. (Saturn).
The coldest of the planets, which rotates on one side. (Uranus).
This blue planet is named after the god of the seas. It has the strongest winds in the entire solar system. (Neptune).

Quiz game “Space travel” (grades 1-4)

Game - quiz for students in grades 1-4

"Space trip".

Prepared by Evlashova V.M.

Additional education teacher

MOU DO Palace of Children's and Youth Creativity

Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Target:

introduce children to Cosmonautics Day.

Tasks:

1. Expand children’s understanding of astronautics. 2. To form feelings of patriotism and citizenship. 3.Develop students' creativity, attention, memory, dexterity,

ingenuity through the use of game elements. 4. Organize competitive activities between teams, create

active interaction of students in a team, promote cohesion

class team.

Equipment:

computer, projector, screen, balloons, pens,

sheets of paper, task cards, construction sets, stars, medals for

awards.

Form:

quiz game, competition.

Progress of the event.

Teacher's opening speech.

- Hello guys! I am glad to welcome you! Do you know what holiday the whole world will celebrate? Right. Aviation and Cosmonautics Day.

— Now we’ll talk about how people began to explore outer space. Since ancient times, the mysterious, enigmatic world of planets and stars has attracted the attention of people. Nowadays, people know that the Earth rotates around the Sun and on its axis, but earlier people believed that it was motionless. When our ancestors began to recognize the Earth, they imagined it as an inverted bowl, supported by a giant elephant, standing importantly on the shell of a huge turtle. This turtle swims in the sea-ocean, and the whole world is covered with a crystal dome of the sky with many sparkling stars. (Image demo)

Thousands of years have passed since then. People began to build ships and,

travel around the world, evidence gradually began to accumulate that the earth was not flat, but spherical.

The famous ancient Greek scientist Aristotle (IV century BC)

was the first to prove that the Earth is round. While observing the Moon, he noticed that the shadow from the Earth falling on it is always round. And only the ball casts a round shadow. In addition, he noticed that ships sailing into the distance always disappear over the horizon.

Another great astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, proved that the Earth is in space and revolves around the Sun, making one revolution around it every 365 days.

Many years later, people learned to build aircraft, hot air balloons, airships, airplanes and

began to fly in the Earth's air envelope (atmosphere). But people don't

They stopped there, they were attracted by space. — Guys, what is astronautics? (children's answers)
Cosmonautics
is a set of branches of science and technology that ensure the exploration of outer space and extraterrestrial objects.
— Tell me, who was the first person to fly into space? (children's answers) Correct, Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin
. On April 12, 1961, a citizen of the USSR, Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin (portrait), flew into space. The name of this man is known all over the world. Since childhood, Yura has been interested in airplanes. He was very inquisitive and grasped everything

fly. At the age of 15 he entered a vocational school. But passion

aviation attracted him, and he entered the military aviation school.

He was a brave, resourceful, cheerful man. Rarely got angry and didn't really

He loved quarrels; on the contrary, he made peace with everyone with jokes and laughter. He was attentive to his comrades and helped them in everything. He was perfectly prepared physically. On April 12, 1961, the Vostok rocket flew around our planet in 108 minutes (1 hour 68 minutes). The world held its breath. The world listened to the voice of man,

flying over oceans and countries, and people in these countries repeated:

"Gagarin", "Yuri", "Russia". The earth recognized a simple, charming man who paved the way to the stars. Therefore, on April 12 we celebrate ‹‹Cosmonautics Day››.

Our event is dedicated to this holiday.

-Now you will be divided into two teams and will compete in courage,

dexterity, dexterity and ingenuity. For victories in competitive tasks you

you will receive stars, at the end of the event we will sum up the results and reward

teams. (team formation)
Task No. 1. Warm up. The task is to come up with a name and motto for the team.
- Guys, do you know what “space” is?
(children's answers) In general, space
is a space that extends endlessly into everything

sides, including galaxies and stars, black holes and planets,

cosmic dust and other objects. -Today we will travel into outer space. But for

For this we need a rocket. Task No. 2. Rocket structure. Teams are given a constructor. The task is to assemble a rocket and give it a name (“Apollo”, “Vostok”, “Soyuz”, “Mir”, ...).

-Our missiles are ready, we need a captain.
We choose a captain. -And now I’ll tell you interesting facts. Well, now we can go. Good luck! Stop #1.
Mars. Planet Mars is one of the smallest planets in our Galaxy. Mars is the fourth from the Sun. According to scientists, this is the only celestial body on which life could exist. After all, in the past on the surface

the planet had water. This conclusion can be drawn based on the fact that

large ice caps exist at the poles, and the surface is covered

with many furrows that could have been dry river beds. - Look, they left us a letter on this planet! Only it

encrypted. Task No. 3.
Encrypted letter. The team's task is to decipher the letter. Teams are given letters. The cipher and the encrypted letter itself are written on the sheet.

(Help! We have an accident! Our ship crashed on the planet

Mercury.) - We need to help the people whose ship crashed on Mercury. A

To get on it and help the team, we need to answer questions. Task No. 4. Questions. The goal is to answer the question faster than your opponent. The teacher reads the questions and the children answer. Questions: 1. Earth satellite? (Moon) 2.What was the name of the man who made the first flight into space and

returned safely? (Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin) 3. What is the smallest and most distant planet from the Sun? (Neptune, Pluto lost their “planet” status)) 4. How many planets are there in the solar system? (8 planets) 5.List the planets of the solar system? (Mercury, Venus, Earth,

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) 6. What was the name of the ship on which Yuri Gagarin made his first flight into space? (“Vostok - 1”) 7.Which planet is named after the goddess of love? (Venus) 8. Name the names of dogs that flew into space before people and which

returned safely? (Belka and Strelka) 9.What was the name of the first female cosmonaut who flew into space? (Valentina

Tereshkova) 10. How do astronauts eat food? (using tubes) - Well done! Let's continue our journey! Stop #2. Jupiter. Jupiter, the fifth planet, is the largest. In volume

Jupiter would fit 1,300 Earth-like planets, and its mass is 317 times that of Earth. Basically this planet

consists of gas, the only solid part is the rocky core.

- Guys, in order for us to go from Jupiter to another planet, we will have to find the lost words. Task No. 5. Find the words hidden in the letters. The teams' task is to find 6 words in the table, plus a point for two additional words. The teams are given cards showing the following table.

(Space, sun, planet, earth, rocket, spacesuit, orbit, moon) -We continue the journey. Stop #3. Saturn. It is the second largest gas giant, named after the ancient god of agriculture. It consists of hydrogen and helium, but on its surface there were

Traces of methane, ammonia and water were found. The most important feature

Saturn is characterized by the presence of bright rings. The four rings of Saturn are the most...

amazing phenomenon in the solar system. What is unusual is that the internal

the rings move faster than the outer rings. - Guys, our next task is to solve riddles. Task No. 6. Puzzles. The team's task is to solve as many riddles as possible. The teacher reads riddles, the children guess. Riddles: 1. An object flies through the thickness of the Ice years in space. Its tail is a strip of light, And the name of the object is... (Comet) 2. A man sits in a rocket. He boldly flies into the sky, and in his spacesuit he looks at us from space. (Cosmonaut) 3. The blue cloth is nailed down with golden nails. (Stars in the sky) 4. The very first in space Flew at great speed A brave Russian guy, Our cosmonaut... (Gagarin) 5. The blue planet, Beloved, dear, She is yours, she is mine, And it’s called... (Earth) 6. I was walking past, I saw a miracle - A round dish hanging in the sky. (Moon) 7. Above the forest, above the mountains, a carpet spreads. It is spread out over you and over me, Sometimes it is gray, sometimes it is blue, sometimes it is bright blue. (Sky) 8. Consists of points of light, The room of planets is full. (Space) - Let's fly further! Stop number 4. Uranus. The seventh planet from the Sun is Uranus. She's the coldest of them all

the temperature drops to -224 °C. Uranus belongs to a separate category of ice giants.

An amazing feature of this celestial body is that it rotates

it lying on its side. Like all giant planets, Uranus has rings and many satellites. As many as 13 rings

orbits around it, but they are not as bright as Saturn's,

the planet supports 27 satellites. - Look, all the letters are mixed up. Aliens probably don't know

Russian language. You need to put the consonants and vowels like this. To make words. Task No. 7. Changelings. The team's task is to form words. Teams are given cards with words. Changeling words: SOSMK - space ANAFKSDR - spacesuit IDONAMUG - humanoid ATIORB - orbit ONAVTKOSM - cosmonaut TSEOLSN - sun - Well done, they put things in order in the letters. We fly further. Stop No. 5. Neptune. Neptune is surrounded by bright blue clouds. It is distinguished by the violence of the strongest hurricanes, the speed of which often reaches the size of a couple in an hour.

thousand kilometers. All the winds blow the planet along the equator,

towards her movement. — On this planet we will solve a crossword puzzle. Guys, here you will need to think a little, but who was attentive quickly with this

will handle it. And only after this we will be able to fly to Earth, home. Task No. 8. Crossword. The team's task is to solve the crossword puzzle. The teacher distributes crossword puzzles, the children solve them. Questions (horizontally): The key word is UNIVERSE. 1.Is it a rock or metal block moving around the Sun? (Asteroid) 2. The largest planet in the solar system? (Jupiter) 3. Earth's satellite? (Moon) 4.The only planet in the solar system that rotates counterclockwise? (Venus) 5. Is there artificial and natural? (Satellite) 6. What is the coldest planet? (Uranus) 7. A celestial body of small (by cosmic standards) size, consisting of ice, dust and metal inclusions? (Comet) 8. The planet we live on? (Earth)

-Well done boys. We completed the task. Stop number 6. Earth. The only place in the solar system, and indeed in the entire known

to astronomers, the universe where life exists is planet Earth. Task No. 9. Complete the word. The team's task is to unravel the words. The teacher distributes cards, the children solve the words.

(1. Space. 2. Space suit. 3. Airplane. 4. Cosmonaut.)

-Well done boys! We completed all the tasks and returned to Earth. - And now we will sum up our journey (points are counted). Children are awarded medals (winner medal, participant medal).

Space exploration quiz

Of course, not all of the questions listed are accessible to first-graders. But they are perfect for 3rd grade students. A quiz about space may also include questions related to its exploration. For example, these:

What instrument can you use to explore the starry sky? (Telescope).
What is the name of a device that can move on the surface of the Moon? (Lunokhod).
The place from which rockets are launched. (Cosmodrome).
What is the name and patronymic of the first cosmonaut? (Yuri Alekseevich).
The date when man first went into space. (04/12/1961).
What was the name of Gagarin's ship? ("Voskhod-1").
How many times did he circle the globe? (Once).
Who was the first to leave the ship into outer space? (Alexey Leonov).
The name of the man who first stepped onto the surface of the Moon. (Neil Armstrong).
Which woman was the first to go into space? (Valentina Tereshkova).

Games at home for children and more...

On Cosmonautics Day, every year all children's institutions hold exciting and educational competitions and quizzes on the topic of cosmonautics. I bring to your attention interesting questions for a quiz about space for children. Play with pleasure and joy!