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