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