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Solar System and Beyond
Solar System and Beyond
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This quiz aims to review students' knowledge on astronomy.
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1
Which telescope uses slats made of iron or lead to magnify objects?
infrared telescope
x-ray telescope
reflecting telescope
refracting telescope
2
Which of the following is NOT a constellation?
Big Dipper
Pegasus
Orion
Ursa Major
3
Which of the following is a supergiant star?
Aldebaran
Sirius
Antares
Capella
4
What bright objects in the sky are believed to be eruptions at the center of large galaxies?
pulsars
quasars
nebulas
black holes
5
Which is the second nearest star to Earth?
Aldebaran
Alpha Centauri
Proxima Centauri
Betelgeuse
6
In which moon of Saturn did Cassini-Huygens mission landed?
Dione
Mimas
Europa
Titan
7
If Galileo Galilei invented the refracting telescope, who invented the reflecting telescope?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Robert Bunsen
8
If Blue is the color of the hottest star, what color is the "coolest" star?
white
red
yellow
yellow-orange
9
What is the tool that separates light into its different wavelengths?
spectroscope
infrared telescope
spectrograph
x-ray telescope
10
Galileo Galilei invented the first telescope. What kind of telescope did he invent?
reflecting telescope
refracting telescope
x-ray telescope
infrared telescope
11
Which of the following is NOT an example of space probe?
landing
fly by
digging
encounter
12
Sirius is a medium-sized star. What is the size of the Sun?
supergiant
giants
medium
dwarfs
13
What do you call the smallest stars?
giants
quasars
dwarfs
pulsars
14
What concept is used to measure the distance of stars from Earth?
geometry
calculus
parallax
algebra
15
What kind of telescope was used to discover rings of dust around the star Vega?
x-ray telescope
reflecting telescope
refracting telescope
infrared telescope
16
When will the JUNO mission end?
October 2020
October 2019
October 2018
October 2017
17
What is another term for Polaris?
South Star
Morning Star
North Star
Rising Star
18
Which of the following is an irregular galaxy?
Milky Way
M33
Magellanic Cloud
Andromeda
19
Spirit and Opportunity are identical robots. Where can we find these robots now?
ISS
NASA, USA
Russia
Mars
20
In which galaxy is the solar system found?
Milky Way
Magellanic Cloud
M33
Andromeda