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Astronomy: General Space Trivia
Astronomy: General Space Trivia
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An #Astronomy Quiz for kids grades 1-6
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Meteorites are pieces of comets, asteroids or meteors How many (> 10 grams) fall to Earth per year?
700 to 9,500
18,000 to 84,000
9,500 to 18,000
1 to 700
2
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. How many Pluto's would fit inside the Earth?
170
500
66
22
3
The formation of this nebula was observed by both the Chinese & Arab astronomers in 1054 A. D.
Ruffled Nebula
Crab Nebula
Jellyfish Nebula
Coral Nebula
4
One of those former rogue asteroid was captured as one of the two moons of Mars, name it?
Phobos
Deimos
Ceres
Eris
5
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is actually a what?
A calm 'eye of the storm' as the whole planet is the storm
200 to 300 year old mega storm of toxic gasses
A liquid surface that seems more solid than gas
A defect in the planets athmosphere
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How can you tell the difference between a star and a planet when you look up at night?
Planets look white
Stars twinkle planets don't
Planets twinkle stars don't
Stars will blind you
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In 1888 Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming photographed this, 1500 light years from Earth.
Dragon Nebula
Cobra Nebula
Sea Horse Nebula
Horse Head Nebula
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The most abundant element in the solar system is what?
Uranium
Helium
Oxygen
Hydrogen
9
We can only detect 5% of the matter that exists 3 of these are possible causes, which 1 is not?
Spongy Matter
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Black Holes
10
Long strings of burning plasma extending out from the sun's surface are called what?
A Prominence
An Arm
A Ribbon
A Wing
11
How many planets are in our solar system?
10
9
8
7
12
This amazing nebula was discovered by William Herschel in 1786, can you name it?
Wreath Nebula
Cyclops Nebula
Eyeball Nebula
Cat's Eye Nebula
13
The edge of the solar system is how distant from the most distant planet Neptune?
10 times more distant
100 times more distant
50 times more distant
1,000 times more distant
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How many dwarf planets (including Pluto) do we have in our solar system?
4
2
3
5
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If you somehow got too close to a black hole what would likely happen to you?
Smashed into a little ball
Stretched & spaghetti-fied into a long thin strand
Suffocated
Imploded
16
All of the following are true about being in space except which one?
It is a vacuum so you'd implode with a space suit
The is no noise in space
You never feel sick to your stomach because - no gravity
Fires couldn't burn in space,lacking oxygen to burn Mr Lucas
17
The Milky Way is an average sized spiral galaxy. How many others are though to exist?
100 Trillion galaxies
500 Billion galaxies
Unknown
100 Billion galaxies
18
The Speed of Light is measured in metres per second. How fast is it anyway?
6,000,000,000,000 m/s
450,000 m/s
1,000,000 m/s
300,000,000 m/s
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Comets are balls of ice & rock roaming vast regions of space, when passing a star they do what?
Get a little sweaty & partialy melt
A magnified shot of how the comet really looks
Leave a tail of gas and dust
Leave a ball of gas
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Nebula are a unique & beautiful features, formed by what?
A cloud of hydrogen, oxygen and electrified partials
An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium &other gases
A dying star
Black Holes
21
The sun is how many times bigger than the Earth?
23,454 times larger
1,778,009 times larger
1,202,020 times larger
330,330 times larger
22
One of the most striking features of our solar system is the asteroid belt where is it located?
Between Mars & Jupiter
Between Saturn & Neptune
Between Earth & Mars
Between Jupiter & Saturn
23
The Moon lacks gravity & atmosphere so this Apollo footprint will be perfectly preserved for?
10 to 100 thousand years
100 Million years
10 Million years
500 thousand years
24
The First Exoplanet visible from Earth was Fomalhaut B, discovered in what year?
1987
2017
1995
2008
