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Astronomy Fun Facts!!
Astronomy Fun Facts!!
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1
The sun makes up most of the solar system's mass
True
False
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Earth is the only planet not named after a God
False
True
3
What did astronomers and scientists find in space in 2011?
Largest and oldest water reservoir of water in existence floating
giant black hole spraying out enormous amounts of energy (quasar)
A large, pink and blue asteroid floating near the pistol star
a large black hole with a strong gravitational pull
4
Sunsets on Mars are blue, not red
True
False
5
Neptune's moon Triton has volcanoes that spew hot water instead of magma
True
False
6
It takes 500 million years for our solar system to orbit the Milky Way
True
False
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What percent of atoms do stars and humans share?
75%
97%
56%
25%
8
How many miles are in a light year?
5.88 Trillion Miles
36 Million Miles
4.67 Trillion Miles
5.78 Trillion Miles
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There are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on the Earth
True
False
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The universe has the same temperature everywhere
False
True
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Stars, galaxies, and planets only make up 7% of the universe
False
True
12
How much farther away is the sun from the earth than the moon?
650 x
500 x
400 x
780 x
13
Sunlight requires about 25 seconds to reach Earth
False
True
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What percent of the universe is invisible?
95%
12%
76%
25%
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What makes Mars red?
Iron sulfide
Iron oxide
Ferric acid
Iron sulfate
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What is the pistol star?
a star ten million times the brightness of the sun
a star that created the Pistol Nebula
a star shaped like a pistol
the dimmest star in the universe
17
What planets have no moons?
Mars and Earth
Mercury and Venus
Neptune and Pluto
Jupiter and Uranus
18
How long does it take the International Space Station to complete an orbit around the earth?
50 mins
2.3 days
90 mins
6 hours
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What was the original name for Uranus?
Herschel
Celene
George
John
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How many years would it take to walk the moon?
8 years
13 years
9 years
56 years
