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