Trivia Quiz on Astronomy Part 7

1. What is the meaning of the name of the constellation Equuleus ?

A) Colt

B) Filly

C) Foal

D) Pony

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2. What is the meaning of the name of the constellation Ursa Minor ?

A) Little Wolf

B) Tiny Dragon

C) Little Bear

D) North Star

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3. What Is The Most Common Element In The Universe

A) Oxygen

B) Helium

C) Carbon

D) Hydrogen

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4. What is the sixth planet from our sun?

A) Saturn

B) Jupiter

C) Uranus

D) Neptune

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5. A heavenly body moving under the attraction of the Sun and consisting of a nucleus and a tail is a(n) _____.

A) Comet

B) Asteroid

C) Meteoroid

D) Planet

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6. If you're in the northern hemisphere, Polaris, the North Star, can be found by looking which direction?

A) North

B) East

C) South

D) West

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7. What is the heaviest element that can be formed by regular fusion reactions in the core of a star?

A) Hydrogen

B) Iron

C) Nickel

D) Oxygen

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8. Who discovered Uranus?

A) William Herschel

B) Albert Einstein

C) Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel

D) Edwin Hubble

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9. What planet boasts the Great Red Spot?

A) Saturn

B) Jupiter

C) Mars

D) Neptune

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10. Our galaxy is commonly known called _________.

A) Andromeda Galaxy

B) Whirlpool Galaxy

C) Sombrero Galaxy

D) Milky way

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11. What are these: Ceres, Juno, Iris, and Flora?

A) planets

B) dwarf planets

C) comets

D) Asteroids

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12. Name the largest planet in the solar system.

A) Saturn

B) Earth

C) Jupiter

D) Neptune

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13. This planet's diameter is most equal to that of the earth's.

A) Mercury

B) Mars

C) Venus

D) Neptune

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14. Which famous mathematician and astronomer was born on Christmas day in 1642

A) Galileo Galilei

B) Johannes Kepler

C) Sir Isaac Newton

D) Blaise Pascal

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15. What is the name of the telescope that was placed in orbit in the eighties?

A) Hubble

B) Hipparcos

C) IRAS

D) Solar Maximum Mission

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16. Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility

A) On Earth

B) On Mars

C) On The Moon

D) In space near Jupiter

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17. An adjective meaning 'pertaining to the sun.'

A) Solar

B) Lunar

C) Sunny

D) Stellar

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