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Astronomy: General Space Trivia
Astronomy: General Space Trivia
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An #Astronomy Quiz for kids grades 1-6
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1
The Milky Way is an average sized spiral galaxy. How many others are though to exist?
100 Billion galaxies
100 Trillion galaxies
500 Billion galaxies
Unknown
2
Nebula are a unique & beautiful features, formed by what?
A cloud of hydrogen, oxygen and electrified partials
Black Holes
A dying star
An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium &other gases
3
The most abundant element in the solar system is what?
Oxygen
Helium
Uranium
Hydrogen
4
One of the most striking features of our solar system is the asteroid belt where is it located?
Between Jupiter & Saturn
Between Saturn & Neptune
Between Earth & Mars
Between Mars & Jupiter
5
The formation of this nebula was observed by both the Chinese & Arab astronomers in 1054 A. D.
Ruffled Nebula
Crab Nebula
Coral Nebula
Jellyfish Nebula
6
The First Exoplanet visible from Earth was Fomalhaut B, discovered in what year?
2000
2010
2008
2009
7
How many dwarf planets (including Pluto) do we have in our solar system?
2
3
4
5
8
This amazing nebula was discovered by William Herschel in 1786, can you name it?
Cat's Eye Nebula
Cyclops Nebula
Eyeball Nebula
Wreath Nebula
9
The edge of the solar system is how distant from the most distant planet Neptune?
1,000 times more distant
100 times more distant
10 times more distant
50 times more distant
10
We can only detect 5% of the matter that exists 3 of these are possible causes, which 1 is not?
Black Holes
Dark Matter
Dark Energy
Spongy Matter
11
Over the course of a night and over a full year the stars are divided up into 12 what?
Condemnations
Constellations
Constitutions
Configurations
12
Long strings of burning plasma extending out from the sun's surface are called what?
A Prominence
A Wing
A Ribbon
An Arm
13
The Speed of Light is measured in Miles Per Second, How fast is it anyway?
6,006,055 MPS
55,888 MPS
186,282 MPS
999,999 MPS
14
The Moon lacks gravity & atmosphere so this Apollo footprint will be perfectly preserved for?
10 Million years
10 to 100 thousand years
500 thousand years
100 Million years
15
In 1888 Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming photographed this, 1500 light years from Earth.
Cobra Nebula
Dragon Nebula
Sea Horse Nebula
Horse Head Nebula
16
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
7
9
10
17
All of the following are true about being in space except which one?
Fires couldn't burn in space,lacking oxygen to burn Mr Lucas
It is a vacuum so you'd implode with a space suit
You never feel sick to your stomach because - no gravity
The is no noise in space
18
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
Get a little sweaty & partialy melt
Leave a ball of gas
A magnified shot of how the comet really looks
19
The sun is how many times bigger than the Earth?
1,202,020 times larger
23,454 times larger
330,330 times larger
1,778,009 times larger
20
How can you tell the difference between a star and a planet when you look up at night?
Planets twinkle stars don't
Planets look white
Stars twinkle planets don't
Stars will blind you
21
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is actually a what?
A liquid surface that seems more solid than gas
A calm 'eye of the storm' as the whole planet is the storm
A defect in the planets athmosphere
200 to 300 year old mega storm of toxic gasses
22
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. How many Pluto's would fit inside the Earth?
66
22
500
170
23
One of those former rogue asteroid was captured as one of the two moons of Mars, name it?
Deimos
Phobos
Eris
Ceres
24
If you somehow got too close to a black hole what would likely happen to you?
Imploded
Suffocated
Smashed into a little ball
Stretched & spaghetti-fied into a long thin strand
25
Meteorites are pieces of comets, asteroids or meteors How many (10 gr+) fall to Earth per year?
18,000 to 84,000
1 to 700
700 to 9,500
9,500 to 18,000
