Astronomy

Who is Edwin Hubble

• An American flight director

• An American Astronomer

• A German aeronautical engineer

• A Russian cosmologist

What is the correct order of the planets starting from the sun

• Venus, mercury, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, neptune

• Mercury, Venus, mars, earth, saturn, Uranus, neptune

• saturn, Venus, earth, Mars, Jupiter, mercury, Uranus, neptune

How many moon does mars have

• 3

• 1

• 4

• 2

A _______ is an enormous cloud of dust and gas occupying the space between stars and acting as a nursery for new stars.

• Cosmos

• Comet

• Nebula

• Star

What were the first 2 elements to come into the universe after the big bang ( 1st to come then 2nd to come)

• Helium and Hydrogen

• Gold and Kryptonite

• Hydrogen and Silver

• Hydrogen and Helium

Answer explanation

“During the formation of the universe some 14 billion years ago in the so-called 'Big Bang', only the lightest elements were formed – hydrogen and helium along with trace amounts of lithium and beryllium.”

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1727-how-elements-are-formed

What is the smallest planet in the solar system

• Venus

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Uranus

What are the 4 terrestrial planets in the solar system

• Mercury, venus, earth, mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, neptune

• Mercury, venus, earth, Mars, pluto

• Earth and mars

What was the Hubble Space Telescope named after

• Stephan Hawking

• Edwin Hubble

• Emmet Hubble

• Galileo Galilei

What was the James Webb Telescope named after

• James Webb

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Ptolemy

How old is the universe

• 13.7 billion

• 14.8 billion

• 14 million

• 40 trillion