Sunday Special Astro 101
1. How many planets in our solar system have rings?
a. - 1
b. - 6
c. - 2
d. - 4
2. How far is a light year?
a. - 588 million miles.
b. - 5.88 billion miles or 9.46 billion km.
c. - 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion km.
d. - 5.88 million miles or 9.46 million km.
3. What is a meteoroid?
a. - A piece of space material travelling outside the solar system.
b. - A planet without a satellite.
c. - A comet that has no tail.
d. - A small astral body outside the atmosphere.
4. According to popular theory, what is a 'singularity'?
a. - The center of the galaxy.
b. - The center of a black hole.
c. - The center of a planet.
d. - The center of a sun.
5. What is the angle of re-entry used by space craft returning into the
Earth's atmosphere?
a. - 45-65 degrees.
b. - 28-38 degrees.
c. - 70-90 degrees.
d. - 57-67 degrees.
6. What is an Astronomical Unit?
a. - The length of the Solar System.
b. - The average distance of the Earth from the Sun.
c. - The average distance of the Sun from the centre of the Galaxy.
d. - The distance of the Sun from the nearest star.
7. What is a black hole?
a. - A collapsed planet
b. - A collapsed star.
c. - A collapsed galaxy.
d. - My bedroom.
8. What is a nova?
a. - A dying star.
b. - A star that temporarily becomes brighter.
c. - A new planet.
d. - The birth of a galaxy.
9. What is a supernova?
a. - An exploding galaxy.
b. - The birth of a new star.
c. - An exploding star expending its energy in a bright flash.
d. - A very bright stellar constellation.
10. Which is not a satellite of Neptune?
a. - Naiad.
b. - Triton.
c. - Umbriel.
d. - Nereid.
11. What is a quasar?
a. - QUASi Alien Radar.
b. - QUiet And Strange Astronomical Response.
c. - QUestionable Alien SpAce Response.
d. - QUAsi StellAr Radio source.
12. What is the closest star to Earth, after our Sun?
a. - Betelgeuse.
b. - Rigel.
c. - Proxima Centauri.
d. - Antares.
13. What is a galactic year?
a. - The time it takes the galaxy to rotate.
b. - The distance the galaxy travels in one year.
c. - The time it takes the solar system to orbit the Sun.
d. - The time it takes the Sun to orbit the galaxy.
14. How long is a galactic year?
a. - 150,000,000 years.
b. - 316,000,000 million years.
c. - 297,000,000 million years.
d. - 225,000,000 years.
15. What is the largest moon in our solar system?
a. - Titan
b. - Phobos
c. - Triton
d. - Ganymede
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1. - d
2. - c
3. - d
4. - b
5. - b
6. - b
7. - b
8. - b
9. - c
10. - c
11. - d
12. - c
13. - d
14. - d
15. - d
1. How many planets in our solar system have rings?
a. - 1
b. - 6
c. - 2
d. - 4
2. How far is a light year?
a. - 588 million miles.
b. - 5.88 billion miles or 9.46 billion km.
c. - 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion km.
d. - 5.88 million miles or 9.46 million km.
3. What is a meteoroid?
a. - A piece of space material travelling outside the solar system.
b. - A planet without a satellite.
c. - A comet that has no tail.
d. - A small astral body outside the atmosphere.
4. According to popular theory, what is a 'singularity'?
a. - The center of the galaxy.
b. - The center of a black hole.
c. - The center of a planet.
d. - The center of a sun.
5. What is the angle of re-entry used by space craft returning into the
Earth's atmosphere?
a. - 45-65 degrees.
b. - 28-38 degrees.
c. - 70-90 degrees.
d. - 57-67 degrees.
6. What is an Astronomical Unit?
a. - The length of the Solar System.
b. - The average distance of the Earth from the Sun.
c. - The average distance of the Sun from the centre of the Galaxy.
d. - The distance of the Sun from the nearest star.
7. What is a black hole?
a. - A collapsed planet
b. - A collapsed star.
c. - A collapsed galaxy.
d. - My bedroom.
8. What is a nova?
a. - A dying star.
b. - A star that temporarily becomes brighter.
c. - A new planet.
d. - The birth of a galaxy.
9. What is a supernova?
a. - An exploding galaxy.
b. - The birth of a new star.
c. - An exploding star expending its energy in a bright flash.
d. - A very bright stellar constellation.
10. Which is not a satellite of Neptune?
a. - Naiad.
b. - Triton.
c. - Umbriel.
d. - Nereid.
11. What is a quasar?
a. - QUASi Alien Radar.
b. - QUiet And Strange Astronomical Response.
c. - QUestionable Alien SpAce Response.
d. - QUAsi StellAr Radio source.
12. What is the closest star to Earth, after our Sun?
a. - Betelgeuse.
b. - Rigel.
c. - Proxima Centauri.
d. - Antares.
13. What is a galactic year?
a. - The time it takes the galaxy to rotate.
b. - The distance the galaxy travels in one year.
c. - The time it takes the solar system to orbit the Sun.
d. - The time it takes the Sun to orbit the galaxy.
14. How long is a galactic year?
a. - 150,000,000 years.
b. - 316,000,000 million years.
c. - 297,000,000 million years.
d. - 225,000,000 years.
15. What is the largest moon in our solar system?
a. - Titan
b. - Phobos
c. - Triton
d. - Ganymede
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1. - d
2. - c
3. - d
4. - b
5. - b
6. - b
7. - b
8. - b
9. - c
10. - c
11. - d
12. - c
13. - d
14. - d
15. - d