Science quiz: Earth and space template

What's in it

1. 1Quiz competition

   Which planet is closest to the Sun?

   • Venus
   • Mercury ✓
   • Mars
   • Earth

   Why: Mercury orbits closest to the Sun.

2. 2Quiz competition

   About how long does the Moon take to orbit Earth?

   • 1 day
   • 1 week
   • About 27 days ✓
   • 1 year

   Why: The Moon orbits Earth about every 27.3 days.

3. 3Quiz competition

   What causes the seasons on Earth?

   • Distance from the Sun
   • The tilt of Earth’s axis ✓
   • The Moon
   • Clouds

   Why: Earth’s tilted axis changes how directly sunlight hits each hemisphere through the year.

4. 4Quiz competition

   Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

   • Jupiter
   • Mars ✓
   • Saturn
   • Mercury

   Why: Iron oxide (rust) in its soil makes Mars look red.

5. 5Quiz competition

   What is the center of our solar system?

   • Earth
   • The Moon
   • The Sun ✓
   • Jupiter

   Why: All the planets orbit the Sun.

How to run it

Reveal each answer and read the explanation, then ask who guessed it before the reveal.

1. Click Use this template. It is copied into your account as a session you can edit.
2. Click Present session, or insert the Pingroom add-in on your PowerPoint slides.
3. Your audience opens pingroom.app/p/yourname or scans the QR code, and answers from their phones.