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The Earth has how many natural satellites?
Two
Three
None
One
What is Proxima Centauri's claim to fame?
It is the next nearest star to the Sun
First shuttle to land on Moon
It is the only planet with water other than Earth
It is the most high-mass star
Which of these is NOT an element in stars?
Hydrogen
Flavonium
Beryllium
Helium
Where is the "edge of space" found?
72 miles above sea level
62 miles above sea level
50 miles above sea level
100 miles above sea level
What was the first man-made object sent into space?
Chinese rocket
American space station
German rocket
Russian space probe
One would need to explode 100 billion tons of dynamite every second to match the energy produced by the sun.
"False"
"True"
How much larger than the Earth is the Sun?
300,000 times larger
10 times larger
40,000 times larger
10,000 times larger
In what year will Halley's Comet next be visible from Earth?
2053
2061
2080
2019
What is happening when there is a lunar eclipse?
The Earth is between the Sun and the Moon
The Moon is told its not as cool as the Sun
The Moon is between the Earth and the Sun
The Earth covers the sun
The Andromeda Galaxy is actually approaching our Milky Way galaxy.
"False"
"True"
Who was the first man in space?
John Glenn
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Valentina Tereshkova
What is the name of the most distant spacecraft from Earth?
Voyager 1
Challenger
Explorer
Lenka 1
Which planet is the smallest in our solar system?
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth has the most volcanoes of any planet.
"False"
"True"
If you really could count all of the stars, how many would you reach counting all those in the Milky Way?
5 trillion
100 billion
1 billion
50 billion
Which planet is also called The Morning Star or The Evening Star?
Uranus
Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Which of these is not a constellation?
Reticulum the Net
Puppis the Stern
Apus the Bird
Caliban the Monster
How long can the tail of a comet reach?
50,000 miles
10,000 miles
600,000 miles
100,000 miles
The Sun is the hottest planet in our galaxy.
"False"
"True"
The sun makes up how much of the solar system's mass?
99%
68%
9%
19%
Earth has over 8,000 pieces of space junk orbiting it.
"False"
"True"
What makes Gliese 436b noteworthy?
It's the only pink planet
It's the smallest planet
It was the first red dwarf discovered
It's a planet of burning ice
Where did Jupiter get its name from?
Chinese named planet after Emperor at time of discovery
Native Americans named planet after Trickster character
Greeks named planet after God of War
Romans named planet after Zeus
Which planet is closest to the size of Earth's moon?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
In what year did Pluto get reclassified as a dwarf planet?
1930
2006
1976
2016
A day on Mercury lasts longer than its year.
"False"
"True"
How close to Earth is the nearest black hole?
10 light years
100 light years
10,000 light years
1,000 light years
The Universe has no center and is constantly expanding.
"False"
"True"
Which of these is not a space agency?
CDNSA
RFSA
NASA
JAXA
What causes a quasar?
Static electricity builds up and causes shuttles to go off track.
Gas swirls quickly around a black hole and heats up to emit light
Gas swirls slowly around a black hole until no light is visible.
Neutron stars are magnetized.
Ours is the only planet within the Milky Way galaxy capable of supporting life.
"False"
"True"
How long does it take for our solar system to complete a single orbit around the Milky Way?
230 million years
100 million years
365 days
24 hours
How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach Earth?
8 minutes
10 minutes
10 hours
8 hours
About 10,000 light years away there is a cloud of alcohol with a diameter 1,000 larger than our solar system.
"False"
"True"
Which planet spins backwards relative to the others?
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Alien
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