Earth & Space Science with Star Wars
Earth & Space Science with Star Wars
Questions
NASA’s Kepler Mission has discovered planets orbiting a binary star system, similar to...
- Tatooine
- Naboo
- Takodana
- Mandalore
Many star systems with habitable planets exist in Star Wars. Has NASA found any exoplanets?
- Yes – on the New Horizons Mission
- Yes – with the Cassini Telescope
- Yes – on the Kepler Mission
- Yes – with the Hubble Space Telescope
Han Solo says the Millennium Falcon will “make point 5 past light speed.” What is light speed?
- The distance light travels in a day
- The rate at which light travels in a vacuum
- The distance light travels from a star to a planet
- The weight measurement of speed
The dry, sandy landscape that stretches across Tatooine would be most like this biome on Earth.
- Grassland
- Desert
- Tropical rain forest
- Temperate forest
If Alderaan resembled Earth, why would its mountains be covered in snow at the peaks?
- The planet is tilted at a 17º angle
- Temperatures decrease with altitude
- Precipitation is unable to fall
- Temperatures increase with altitude
The swamp on Dagobah would be considered part of which ecosystem due to its wet, muddy ground?
- Grasslands
- Desert
- Tundra
- Wetlands
Luke exiles himself to a piece of land surrounded by water on Ahch-To. This is known as ______.
- A peninsula
- An island
- A mountain
- A plain
Moons play important roles in the Star Wars galaxy. Which of the following defines a moon?
- It orbits a star
- It contains water
- It orbits a planet
- It has an atmosphere
Han Solo tries to escape Imperial Forces by landing on what irregular-shaped, rocky object?
- Meteor
- Comet
- Asteroid
- Moon
Magma that cooled and hardened would form what type of rock?
- Metamorphic
- Sedimentary
- Basalt
- Igneous
If the volcanic activity on Mustafar were similar to Earth’s, __ would erupt through the crust.
- Water
- Magma
- Crystals
- Granite
Star Wars is set in “a galaxy far, far away.” There are billions of galaxies in our universe.
- True
- False