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Duplicate of Astronomy: General Space Trivia
Duplicate of Astronomy: General Space Trivia
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An #Astronomy Quiz for kids grades 1-6
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1
How many dwarf planets (including Pluto) do we have in our solar system?
4
3
5
2
2
If you somehow got too close to a black hole what would likely happen to you?
Suffocated
Stretched & spaghetti-fied into a long thin strand
Smashed into a little ball
Imploded
3
The formation of this nebula was observed by both the Chinese & Arab astronomers in 1054 A. D.
Coral Nebula
Jellyfish Nebula
Crab Nebula
Ruffled Nebula
4
Meteorites are pieces of comets, asteroids or meteors How many (10 gr+) fall to Earth per year?
1 to 700
9,500 to 18,000
18,000 to 84,000
700 to 9,500
5
The Moon lacks gravity & atmosphere so this Apollo footprint will be perfectly preserved for?
100 Million years
10 Million years
10 to 100 thousand years
500 thousand years
6
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. How many Pluto's would fit inside the Earth?
500
66
170
22
7
Nebula are a unique & beautiful features, formed by what?
An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium &other gases
A dying star
Black Holes
A cloud of hydrogen, oxygen and electrified partials
8
The edge of the solar system is how distant from the most distant planet Neptune?
100 times more distant
10 times more distant
50 times more distant
1,000 times more distant
9
How can you tell the difference between a star and a planet when you look up at night?
Planets look white
Planets twinkle stars don't
Stars will blind you
Stars twinkle planets don't
10
One of those former rogue asteroid was captured as one of the two moons of Mars, name it?
Ceres
Deimos
Eris
Phobos
11
How many planets are in our solar system?
9
10
8
7
12
Long strings of burning plasma extending out from the sun's surface are called what?
An Arm
A Ribbon
A Prominence
A Wing
13
The First Exoplanet visible from Earth was Fomalhaut B, discovered in what year?
2010
2009
2000
2008
14
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
You never feel sick to your stomach because - no gravity
Fires couldn't burn in space,lacking oxygen to burn Mr Lucas
The is no noise in space
15
In 1888 Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming photographed this, 1500 light years from Earth.
Horse Head Nebula
Cobra Nebula
Sea Horse Nebula
Dragon Nebula
16
The sun is how many times bigger than the Earth?
1,778,009 times larger
23,454 times larger
330,330 times larger
1,202,020 times larger
17
One of the most striking features of our solar system is the asteroid belt where is it located?
Between Earth & Mars
Between Jupiter & Saturn
Between Mars & Jupiter
Between Saturn & Neptune
18
The most abundant element in the solar system is what?
Oxygen
Helium
Hydrogen
Uranium
19
Comets are balls of ice & rock roaming vast regions of space, when passing a star they do what?
Leave a tail of gas and dust
Leave a ball of gas
Get a little sweaty & partialy melt
A magnified shot of how the comet really looks
20
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 defect in the planets athmosphere
A liquid surface that seems more solid than gas
21
The Speed of Light is measured in Miles Per Second, How fast is it anyway?
186,282 MPS
999,999 MPS
6,006,055 MPS
55,888 MPS
22
We can only detect 5% of the matter that exists 3 of these are possible causes, which 1 is not?
Spongy Matter
Dark Matter
Dark Energy
Black Holes
23
This amazing nebula was discovered by William Herschel in 1786, can you name it?
Cat's Eye Nebula
Eyeball Nebula
Wreath Nebula
Cyclops Nebula
24
Over the course of a night and over a full year the stars are divided up into 12 what?
Constitutions
Configurations
Constellations
Condemnations
25
The Milky Way is an average sized spiral galaxy. How many others are though to exist?
Unknown
100 Billion galaxies
500 Billion galaxies
100 Trillion galaxies
