Statistics for Astronomy A-Z

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General Stats

This quiz has been taken 92 times
The average score is 13 of 26

Answer Stats

Letter	Question	Answer	% Correct
E	Planet We Live On	Earth	96%
P	Dwarf Planet That Used To Be Actual Planet	Pluto	96%
J	Largest Planet In Solar System	Jupiter	94%
N	Acronym for American Space Agency	NASA	93%
S	Hot, Humongous Star All Planets Orbit	Sun	90%
H	Elements That Make Up Outer Space (Name Either One)	Hydrogen \| Helium	87%
M	Planet Closest To Star Planets Orbit	Mercury	80%
C	Dwarf Planet	Ceres	79%
G	Name of Jupiter's Largest Moon	Ganymede	75%
K	Unit of Temperature	Kelvin	75%
Y	Period of Earth's Orbit around the Sun or the Sun around the Sky	Year	70%
Z	Point Of Sky When Directly Overhead (Opposite of Nadir)	Zenith	56%
X	Electromagnetic Radiation With a Wavelength Between About 0.0lnm To 10nm	X-Ray	54%
Q	Energy Source	Quasar \| QSO \| Quasi Stellar Object	46%
U	Central And Darkest Part Of Shadows	Umbra	45%
I	A Galaxy Called (Answer) Because Of No Obvious Structure or Shape	Irregular	32%
B	Famous Constellation	Big Dipper	30%
A	Another Name For The Reflectivity Of A Planet	Albedo	20%
L	Family of sub-atomic particles including electrons, neutrons, muons	Lepton	17%
F	Famous Launch Vehicle Manufactured By SpaceX	Falcon 9	14%
D	A Design Of A Telescope Developed By American Astronomer John Dosbon	Dobsonian	11%
W	A Parameter Used to Estimate Strength Of Sunspot Activity	Wolf Number	3%
O	A Double Star In Which There Is No Physical Connection Between The Stars	Optical Pair	1%
R	The Ability Of Instruments To Separate Two Close Features	Resoluton	1%
T	A Glassy Pebble Showing Signs Of Atmospheric Ablation	Tektlte	1%
V	Two Regions Within The Earth's Magnetosphere Where Energetic Charged Particles Are Trapped	Van Alien Belts	1%