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What do you know about stars, galaxies and constellations?
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| First submitted | February 9, 2021 |
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1. How many officially recognized constellations are there?
48
28
120
88
2. How often does Halley's comet pass the Earth?
375 years
175 years
5 years
75 years
3. What do we call it when a large star collapses and creates a massive nuclear explosion?
Nebulae
Protostar
Supernova
Nuclear fusion
4. What group of celestial objects exists at the very outer edge of the Solar System?
Comets
Oort cloud
Kuiper belt
Asteroid belt
5. What is Andromeda?
Galaxy
Planet
Star
Moon
6. What process allows stars to produce so much heat and energy?
Hydropower
Nuclear fusion
Electric wind
Photosynthesis
7. What is Cassiopeia?
Constellation
Star
Planet
Jupiter's Moon
8. What color are the largest stars?
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
9. What group of celestial objects includes rocky objects in orbit between Mars and Jupiter?
Kuiper belt
Oort cloud
Asteroid belt
Comets
10. What is the name of the theory that created the universe?
Big Bang
Nova
Milky Way
Heliocentrism
11. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
Sirius
Sedna
Vega
Polaris
12. Which of these objects is the farthest from the Sun?
Neptune
90377 Sedna
Kuiper belt
Saturn
13. What is measured with cosmic year?
Sound
Time
Distance
Area
14. In which constellation is Polaris, also knows as North Star, located?
Ursa Minor
Ursa Major
Orion
Pegasus
15. How long it takes sunlight to reach the Earth?
8 seconds
8 hours
8 minutes
8 days
16. What is measured with light-year?
Distance
Time
Speed
Area
17. When a large star collapses under its own weight, what does it become?
Nebula
Red giant
Blue dwarf
Black hole
18. What is supernova?
Stellar explosion
Brightest star
Spectral color
Black hole
19. What is the position of celestial bodies during a lunar eclipse?
Moon is between Earth and Sun
The Moon is above north pole
Earth is between Moon and Sun
Sun is between Moon and Earth
20. What is the closest planet to the Earth outside the Solar system?
Proxima Centauri d
Wolf 359 c
Barnard's Star b
Lalande 21185 b
21. What is the closest star to the Earth other than the Sun?
Proxima Centauri
Sirius
Vega
Capella
22. What is a Solar eclipse?
Moon blocked by another planet
Earth casts a shadow on Moon
Moon passes in front of Sun
Sun blocked by another planet
23. What galaxy is closest to the Milky Way?
Andromeda
Triangulum
Centaurus
Cassiopeia
24. What is an astronomical unit?
Distance from Earth to Moon
Diameter of the Sun
Distance from Earth to Sun
Diameter of the Earth
25. A ball of ice and dust with a long, glowing tail is called what?
Blue dwarf
Comet
Meteor
Asteroid
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Ayup, I get the two confused sometimes when they just call it "Andromeda" lol