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A #science #quiz based around #cosmology, #astronomy, #space, #cosmicengine
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1
Which of the following is true about a Black Hole?
It is a place where the laws of physics cease to exist
It is a collapsed star
An object will never actually cross its event horizon
It can be described as a singularity
2
Which of these is the most dense?
A Cluster
A Supercluster
A Nebulae
A Galaxy
3
Who proposed the first recorded Heliocentric model?
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Aristarchus
Ptolemy
4
Which of these is not a fundamental particle?
Tau Neutrino
Muon Neutrino
Electron Neutrino
Proton Neutrino
5
Which of these values is closer to the wavelength of Cosmic Background Radiation?
10 mm
1.0 mm
1.1 mm
1.01 mm
6
What does this naming convention for stars "Cen α, Cen β...etc." signify?
Absolute Luminosity
Apparent Luminosity
Distance
Age
7
What is one thing Henrietta Leavitt discovered about the Cepheid Variables?
They are a type of as opposed to a group of or one star
There is a relationship between periods and their brightness
They are in the Andromeda Galaxy
They are 8x104 light years away
8
Which of these is the most valuable person(s) in the class?
Etienne Greeff
Mr. Laffan
Everyone
Scott Good
9
The orbit of the earth...
takes 365 days to complete
has the sun at its center
is perfectly circular
is at an angle
10
Which of these colors of stars is the coldest?
Yellow
Red
White
Blue
11
An stationary object has a mass of 6.3x10
23
kg, how much energy does it have?
5.7x1041 J
5.6x1039 J
5.7x1040 J
5.6x1042 J
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If all of these have the same mass, which one is the biggest?
A brown dwarf
A rocky planet
A gas giant
A white dwarf
