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).

Quiz for younger schoolchildren (grades 2-4) with answers for Cosmonautics Day

Quiz for younger schoolchildren with answers “Flight into space.”

Author: Alla Alekseevna Kondratyeva, primary school teacher, Zolotukhinsk Secondary School, Zolotukhino, Kursk Region Description: The quiz is dedicated to International Cosmonautics Day and is intended for children in primary school and middle school. The holiday material can be used for conversations, classroom activities, and extracurricular activities. Goal: to develop children’s knowledge about the development of astronautics, about the first flights into space. Objectives: 1. Teach children to see and hear, to peer inquisitively into the world, to observe this world. 2.Summarize, consolidate and deepen students’ knowledge about space acquired in lessons about the surrounding world and in the geographical circle “Living to Live.” 3. Contribute to the formation of knowledge about nature and its patterns. 4.Develop the emotional and sensory sphere of schoolchildren’s personality. 5. To promote the development of thinking, attention, observation, moral and patriotic education of schoolchildren. Preliminary work: 1. Reading fiction about space and astronauts, research work in the “Living to Live” circle, active participation in various competitions on the surrounding world, visiting the Museum of Cosmonautics and the Planetarium in Kursk. Literature for reading: I. Series “Astronomy for smart children”: 1. “Your Sun”. Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2005. 5000 copies. 2. “The Moon is the granddaughter of the Sun.” Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2005. 5000 copies. 32 pp. 3. “The stars are Sunny’s sisters.” Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2005. 5000 copies. 32 pp. 4. “Everyone in Sunny’s family dances.” Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2005. 5000 copies. 32 pp. 5. "Long-haired stars." Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2007. 5000 copies. 32 pp. 6. "Little planets." Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2007. 5000 copies. 32 pp. 7. “Stones that fell from the sky.” Artist Z.N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2007. 5000 copies. 32 pp. 8. "Star pictures". Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2007. 5000 copies. 32 pp. 9. “Our star city is the Galaxy.” Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2007. 5000 copies. 32 pp. 10. “Oh, aliens!” Artist Z. N. Yarina. M.: White City, 2007. 5000 copies. 32 pp. II. Small encyclopedias for children 1. “Astronomy from A to Z.” Artists S. Volkov and G. Volkova. M.: Arguments and Facts, 1999. 19,980 copies. 2. “Entertaining physics” (co-authored with T.A. Nikiforova). Artists S. Volkov, G. Volkova. M.: Arguments and Facts, 2004. 15,000 copies. 3. “Cosmonautics from A to Z.” Artists S. Volkov, G. Volkova. M.: Arguments and Facts, 2000. 14,500 copies. 4. “How the Universe was discovered.” Artists S. Volkov, G. Volkova, Zh. Zubtsova. M.: Arguments and Facts, 2004. 15,000 copies. 65 pp. 5. “Russia’s star sons” (co-authored with S.A. Gerasyutin). Small encyclopedia of astronautics. M.: Gelios, 2007. 1500 copies. 226 pp. 6. “Your Universe.” A book for lovers of unusual travel. Artists E.A. Dyukova, V.V. Efanov, E.V. Lenchevskaya, O.V. Popovich, V.A. Prokudin. M.: Education, 2007. 5000 copies. 160 pp. 7. "Travel through the Universe." My first book on astronomy and cosmonautics. A book to read. Artists N.A. Shevarev, A.B. Yudkin, N.A. Dymova, E.V. Semenov. M.: Education, 2007. 10,000 copies. Teacher: So the sky splits, And we go into Eternity, Where the starry Fiction And Milky Infinity are, Where the stars give us Tenderness, Changing their spectrality. And the Misty Unreality promises fidelity! /Pause/ After man invented the airplane and conquered the sky, people wanted to rise higher. One of the first to think about space flights was the Russian scientist Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky. K.E. Tsiolkovsky is the pride of Russia, one of the fathers of astronautics, a great scientist.

In 1955, a decision was made to build a launch pad for space rockets. It was in Kazakhstan, far from large populated areas. The location of the cosmodrome is BAIKONUR.

All the most cherished dreams of the founders of astronautics were brought to life by Sergei Pavlovich Korolev

October 4, 1957 became a significant date in the history of the country - the first artificial Earth satellite was launched. The space age has begun.

The first satellite of the Earth was a shiny ball made of aluminum alloys and was small - with a diameter of 58 cm and a weight of -83.6 kg. On November 3, 1957, the second artificial satellite was launched, and on May 15, 1958, the third. The launch of satellites made it possible to begin the study of outer space. Scientists were faced with the task of putting a living creature into orbit. Dogs paved the way to space for humans. Animal testing began in 1949. The first “cosmonauts” were recruited in the gateways - a total of 32 dogs were caught.

Doctors believed that mongrels were not capricious, unpretentious, and easy to train. The weight of the dogs had to be 6 kg, and their height should not be higher than 35 cm. The first dog start took place on July 22, 1951.

The mongrels Dezik and Gypsy survived the flight successfully! Gypsy and Desik climbed 110 km, then the cabin with them freely fell from a height of 7 km. At this mark the parachute opened, and both “cosmonauts” landed safely. The second launch ended in failure: the parachute did not open and Desik and his partner Lisa died. During the entire period of experiments - until the spring of 1961, 29 rockets with animals were launched, and 10 dogs died. In addition to dogs, guinea pigs, monkeys, parrots, mice, and rabbits flew into space - all of them honestly served the great dream.

This is a monument to the dog Laika, who flew into space on the second artificial satellite on November 3, 1957. Since 1952, they began to practice animal flights in spacesuits. On August 20, 1960, a spacecraft was launched with the dogs Belka and Strelka on board. On April 12, 1961, Russian citizen Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin went into outer space on the Vostok spacecraft. He became a space pioneer for all mankind.

Student: Everyone recognized him by his smile - There was no other smile like this! The whole world applauded! Everyone rejoiced: Gagarin flew around our globe! Since then, unknown distances have approached, ships are mastering space... And it started with a Russian, nice guy, Gagarin - the first cosmonaut of the Earth! Since 1968, the domestic Cosmonautics Day has received official worldwide recognition after the establishment of World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day.
QUIZ:

1.What is space?
(Cosmos is a Greek word that denotes the order and interconnectedness of the Universe. There are many planets, satellites, stars, systems and galaxies in space.) Teacher: What is space? Even in ancient times, the ancient Greeks called the World (or Universe) Cosmos, which literally means “order”. “The modern concept of space includes the entire space of the Universe, including the Earth, near-Earth and interplanetary space.” 2. Who is an astronaut? (An astronaut is a person who tests and operates space technology in space flight). Teacher: Of the many professions that exist on Earth, the profession of an astronaut is the most difficult, dangerous and responsible. Being an astronaut is a real feat, therefore all cosmonauts who have been in space have the title of Hero of the USSR and Russia.

3.What is the name of the astronaut suit? (Spacesuit)

4.What device did people use in ancient times to study the starry sky?
(Telescope)
5.What is the name of the artificial structure where you can see the celestial sphere with stars, planets and satellites, as well as solar and lunar eclipses?
(Planetarium).
6.What is the name of the star closest to us?
( Sun).
7. How many planets are there in our solar system?
List. (There are 8 of them: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune)

8. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
(Mercury)
9.Name the giant planets.
(Jupiter. Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)

10. Until 2006, this planet was considered the 9th planet of the solar system, but in August 2006, the Assembly of the International Astronomical Union excluded it from the class of planets and transferred it to the class of dwarf planets.
What is it called? (Pluto)
11. When did the first successful human flight into space take place?
(April 12, 1961)
12. Who became the first astronaut on Earth?
(Yu.A. Gagarin - the first cosmonaut of the Earth)

13.What famous phrase did Yu.A. Gagarin say before the flight?
(“Let’s go!”)
14. How many minutes did Yu. Gagarin’s flight last?
(108 minutes)
15. Name the first female astronauts.
(Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya)

16.Name the state that an astronaut experiences when the spacecraft enters orbit.
(Weightlessness).

17.What does the phrase “spacewalk” mean?
(The astronaut goes outside his spacecraft to work in outer space).
18. Which astronaut was the first to go into outer space?
(A. Leonov)
20. What is astronomy?
(The science of the Universe, studying the location, movement, structure, origin and development of celestial bodies and the systems formed by them). Student: When the last turn is rounded It’s so good to descend to Earth again And plunge, after all the worries, into the living beauty of everything earthly. The galaxy in the cross-section of star trails, We can’t look at it enough, But every time we rise into the sky, we leave our hearts to our Earth.

“Having flown around the Earth on a satellite ship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it.” Yu. Gagarin Thank you for your attention!

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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!