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OBH Astro Club Quiz 1
OBH Astro Club Quiz 1
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Who is this?
Mr. Simonson
Charles II of England
Albert Einstein
Marty McFly
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What makes a planet a dwarf planet?
Mass and size
Distance from the sun
Atmospheric composition
Apparent magnitude
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What is the name of this observatory?
Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Slightly Smaller Telescope (SST)
Small-Medium Telescope (SMT)
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How many kilometres are there in a light year?
9.46 billion km
9.46 trillion km
Several dozen
A really big and inconceivable number
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Approximately how many earths can fit in the sun?
1.3 million
400 thousand
600 quadrillion
26.7 billion
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Which famous telescope is this?
Spitzer Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
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Which constellation is this?
Canis Major
Orion
Ursa Major
Musca
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The atmosphere of Mars is mostly composed of...
Ammonia
Sulfuric acid
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
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The planets are named after the gods in which mythology?
Chinese
Greek
Roman
Egyptian
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What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
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The Perseids are...
A star cluster
A group of comets
A constellation
A meteor shower
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Which is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
The Andromeda Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy
The Whale Galaxy
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It has only ever been white people on the moon...
False
True
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Standing on the surface, which planet would kill you the fastest?
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
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The zone of charged energetic particles trapped at high altitudes in the earth's magnetic field is known as:
Earth's magnetic orbit
The Van Allen radiation belt
The torusphere
Space doughnut
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How many moons does Mars have?
7
2
14
3
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What is the visible part of the sun called?
The ionisphere
The photosphere
The chromosphere
The lithosphere
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The radiation left over from the Big Bang is known as...
Primordial Soup
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
Gamma radiation
The Universe's tears
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Gravity is...
Proportional to distance2
A very strong force
Inversely proportional to distance2
Keeping me in my chair
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The sun is...
A planet
A galactic nucleus
Uncomfortable to look at
A star
