Solar System, Galaxies, and Stars Quiz

Stars are made up mostly of what two elements?

• Iron and nickel

• oxygen and hydrogen

• hydrogen and helium

• helium and magnesium

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What process allows stars to produce so much heat and energy?

• Fossil Fuels

• Hydropower

• Telekinesis

• Nuclear Fusion

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What type of star is the Sun?

• Red Giant

• Super Giant

• Neutron Star

• Yellow Dwarf

What type of star is very small and dense and was created by the collapse of a giant star?

• Red Dwarf

• Yellow Dwarf

• Neutron Star

• Red Giant

What causes earth to have day and night?

• The moon moves between earth and the sun

• Earth revolves around the sun

• Stars move around earth in a pattern.

• Earth rotates on its axis

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Which is found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

• Asteroid
• Star
• Meteor
• Comet

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way galaxy?

• Irregular

• Elliptical

• Spiral

• None of these

The theory that the universe originated from a gigantic explosion of a central large and dense mass is the:

• Organic Evolution Theory

• Steady State Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Theory of tectonic plates

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