Astronomy Tile Select - Statistics

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Question Tile Select % Correct
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Ceres No
99%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Io No
99%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Nemesis No
99%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Sedna No
99%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? The Moon No
99%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Titan No
99%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Vesta No
99%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Earth Yes
98%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Eris No
98%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Jupiter Yes
98%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Mercury Yes
98%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Neptune Yes
98%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Saturn Yes
98%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Venus Yes
98%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Uranus Yes
97%
of the following are active stars? Venus No
95%
of the following are active stars? Voyager No
95%
of the following are active stars? Triangulum No
92%
of the following are planets (officially as of 2006)? Pluto No
90%
of the following are active stars? The Sun Yes
89%
of the following are active stars? Andromeda No
88%
of the following are active stars? Sirius Yes
87%
of the following are active stars? Georgium Sidis No
83%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Mars Yes
82%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? The Moon Yes
82%
of the following are active stars? Alpha Centauri A Yes
81%
of these statements are correct? Charles Darwin discovered that Stars are a type of lifeform No
81%
of the following are active stars? Betelgeuse Yes
80%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Earth Yes
80%
of the following are active stars? Magnus No
80%
of the following are active stars? Polaris Yes
80%
of these statements are correct? Marie Curie recorded a solar flare for the first time No
79%
of these statements are correct? Thomas Edison discovered the planet Uranus No
79%
of these statements are correct? Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call to a man in space No
78%
of these statements are correct? Benjamin Franklin discovered Saturn and wanted to name it Washington No
76%
of these statements are correct? Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter's four largest moons Yes
75%
of the following are methods of calculating distance in space used by scientists? Sending a probe to a nearby star system and seeing how long it takes No
75%
of these statements are correct? Michael Faraday discovered that magnets don't work in space No
74%
of these statements are correct? Niels Bohr drew blueprints for a faster-than-light space shuttle No
73%
of these statements are correct? Isaac Newton formulated the law of Universal Gravitation Yes
72%
of these statements are correct? James Watson helped build the first successfully-launched American rocket ship No
72%
of the following are methods of calculating distance in space used by scientists? Using the Hubble constant, along with the redshift of a receding galaxy Yes
69%
of these statements are correct? Louis Pasteur first recorded the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation No
68%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Venus Yes
67%
of the following are methods of calculating distance in space used by scientists? Firing a SONAR wave at a planet or star and waiting for it to echo back No
66%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Jupiter Yes
66%
of these statements are correct? Nicolaus Copernicus came up with the heliocentric model Yes
64%
of the following are methods of calculating distance in space used by scientists? Using the apparent size of a star or galaxy to tell how close it is No
64%
of these statements are correct? Albert Einstein discovered Special Relativity Yes
63%
of these statements are correct? Nikola Tesla made the first electron telescope No
63%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Saturn Yes
62%
of these statements are correct? Stephen Hawking correctly predicted the existence of Hawking Radiation Yes
62%
of the following are methods of calculating distance in space used by scientists? Using parallax over a six-month period to see the slight change in position Yes
62%
of the following are methods of calculating distance in space used by scientists? Comparing the absolute magnitude and the apparent magnitude of a star Yes
55%
of the following are active stars? Sagittarius A* No
55%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Mercury Yes
53%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Uranus Yes
50%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Neptune Yes
49%
of these statements are correct? Urbain Le Verrier predicted the position of Neptune based on variations in Uranus' orbit Yes
49%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? The Sun Yes
46%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Titan Yes
45%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Pluto Yes
44%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Io Yes
35%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Ganymede Yes
34%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Ceres Yes
27%
Have man-made machines (or actual humans) orbited, landed on, or flown by (or crashed into)? Phobos Yes
25%
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