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Astrophysics Quiz - Statistics
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from the Milky Way. In the future may form a giant galaxy with the Milky Way. | Andromeda | 93%
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| The most common element on Earth, forming much of its core. | Iron | 86%
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| Type of matter hypothesized to account for 27% of the total mass–energy of the known universe. | Dark matter | 84%
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| Which planet is about 2.3 light-minutes distance from earth? | Venus | 81%
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| Geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916. | General Relativity | 79%
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| Planet whose mass is 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. | Jupiter | 77%
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| Which planet as an orbital period of about 88 Earth days? | Mercury | 75%
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| Hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would fundamentally be a "shortcut" through spacetime. | Wormhole | 75%
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| Boundary around a black hole beyond which events inside it cannot affect an outside observer. | Event Horizon | 74%
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| Extremely luminous burst of radiation of a dying massive star. | Supernova | 74%
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| Highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. | Pulsar | 73%
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| Jupiter's moon hypothesized to have a water ocean beneath its surface that could support life. | Europa | 72%
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| Unit of energy, work, or amount of heat in the International System of Units, with symbol J. | Joule | 72%
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| Type of stellar remnant that can exist for trillions of years and will be the fate of the Sun. | White dwarf | 70%
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| Nuclear reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei collide at a very high energy and join to form a new type of atomic nucleus. | Nuclear Fusion | 69%
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| Subatomic particle with no electric charge and with a mean lifetime of 15 minutes (when free). | Neutron | 68%
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| Satellite of Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System. May have layered oceans beneath its surface. | Ganymede | 66%
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| Subatomic particle with a positive electric charge and composed of 2 up quarks and 1 down quark. | Proton | 66%
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| Natural science conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. | physics | 65%
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| Theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. | String theory | 65%
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| Extremely high frequency electromagnetic radiation. | Gamma ray | 62%
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| English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as the most influential scientist of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. | Isaac Newton | 61%
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| Which conic section is the shape of a planetary orbit? | Ellipse | 60%
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| The third-most abundant element in the universe. | Oxygen | 60%
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| Elementary particles that combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons. | Quarks | 53%
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| Radiation that is predicted to be released by black holes, due to quantum effects near the event horizon. | Hawking radiation | 51%
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| Red supergiant of the constellation of Orion that is predicted to explode in a supernova in the near future. | Betelgeuse | 48%
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| Astronomer known for showing that the recessional velocity of a galaxy increases with its distance from the earth, implying the universe is expanding. | Edwin Hubble | 46%
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| A measure of a thermodynamic system's disorder, or a measure of progressing towards thermodynamic equilibrium. | Entropy | 46%
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| Electrically neutral, weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle. | Neutrino | 46%
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| Ripples in the curvature of spacetime that propagate as a wave. | Gravitational waves | 43%
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| Elementary particle responsible for the mechanism that gives mass to some other fundamental particles. | Higgs boson | 42%
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| The force carrier for the electromagnetic interaction. | Photon | 41%
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| As of 2014 is the largest and most complex experimental facilitiy ever built. | Large Hadron Collider | 39%
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| The most energetic and distant members of a class of objects called active galactic nuclei. | Quasar | 34%
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| Physical constant that is the quantum of action in quantum mechanics. | Planck constant | 30%
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| What is the wavelength of the cosmic background radiation? | Microwave | 27%
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| Particle physics theory concerning the electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions of the known subatomic particles. | Standard Model | 26%
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| Mathematical term in the Einstein equations for general relativity that accounts for a expanding universe. It is the value of the energy density of the vacuum of space. | Cosmological constant | 22%
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