1 Which meteor showers peak during August and can been seen in the night sky as shooting stars?

2 Which night sky phenomenon is caused by the collision of charged particles with the upper atmosphere?

3 How long is the orbit, or after how many years does Comet Halley pass by Earth again?

4 Some 200 million years ago it is believed that there were no continents just one giant landmass that later broke up to form the seven continents as we know them today. Name this landmass.

5 The Earth’s atmosphere consists mostly of which two gases?

6 Which was the last mission to take humans to the moon?

7 In the rock cycle, which kinds of rocks are made from rocks that undergo heat and pressure?

8 In what phase of the water cycle does rain fall?

9 Most of the water on Earth is saline (salty) — true or false?

10 What kind of eclipse do we have when the moon is between the Sun and Earth?

Answers:

1. Perseids

2. Aurora

3. 76 years

4. Pangaea

5. Oxygen and nitrogen

6. Apollo 17, in December 1972

7. Metamorphic rocks, e.g. marble

8. Precipitation

9. True, 94 per cent of the water in the world is saline water in the oceans and seas

10. A solar eclipse.