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