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Astronomy Terms A-Z - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 421 times
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- The average score is 17 of 26
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| Definition | Answer | % Correct | |
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| G | Gases, stars, and other objects held together by gravity; What the Milky Way is | Galaxy | 92%
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| D | A small body that does meet criteria for planetary status | Dwarf planet | 89%
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| M | Also called a shooting star, an object that enters Earth's atmosphere | Meteor | 89%
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| H | The boundary between a landscape and the sky, where the sun rises/sets | Horizon | 88%
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| C | A recognizable group of stars, such as Orion or Ursa Major | Constellation | 86%
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| L | The distance that light travels in one Earth year, equal to about 5.88 trillion miles | Light-year | 86%
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| S | A huge explosion that occurs at the end of a star's life | Supernova | 86%
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| U | The entirety of space and time | Universe | 86%
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| X | Light waves between ultraviolet and gamma rays on the spectrum | X-ray | 84%
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| N | Clouds of ionized gases, hydrogen, helium, and dust that may become stars | Nebula | 82%
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| O | The curved path of a body around another body | Orbit | 81%
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| T | Tool often used by astronomers that captures and focuses light | Telescope | 81%
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| A | A minor planet; mostly found in a belt between Jupiter and Mars | Asteroid | 79%
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| Y | A stable star that is fusing hydrogen into helium. What the Sun is. | Yellow dwarf | 71%
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| I | The planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars | Inner planet | 64%
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| Q | An extremely active, galactic center | Quasar | 63%
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| Z | Point in a sky directly overhead of a viewer | Zenith | 61%
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| K | Region of the Solar System beyond Neptune's orbit | Kuiper Belt | 58%
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| B | A system where two celestial bodies orbit around each other | {Binary} system | 57%
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| W | Stellar remnants that are much cooler and fainter than other stars | White dwarf | 49%
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| J | Relating to the planet Jupiter | Jovian | 47%
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| R | When a body rotates, orbits, or moves in a different way from its usual | Retrograde | 36%
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| V | A star that varies in brightness | Variable star | 29%
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| F | Objects in the sky don't appear to move, also called a background star | Fixed star | 20%
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| E | Any object that is egg or ovular-shaped | Ellipsoid | 19%
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| P | The outermost part of a star, where light is radiated from | Photosphere | 17%
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