Science Quiz

What is number 6?

• sunspot

• prominence

• solar flare

• solar wind

What protects us from number 6?

• magnetosphere

• Ozone layer

• clouds

• Alien Warlord

What happens in the core to produce energy?

• Nuclear Fusion

• Nuclear Fission

• Wood burns in a huge fireplace

• Super Hampster rides a mini-bike at incredible speeds

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Why are there so few visible craters on the surface of the Earth today compared to the moon?

• Earth has an atmosphere with gradation happening

• Earth has only been hit three times

• The Moon is designed to display craters for us

• Earth is usually moving away from asteroids

Who first found observational evidence to prove the expansion of the Universe?

• Newton

• Hubble

• Aristotle

• Galileo

Which planet has currently active volcanoes on its surface?

• Mercury

• Moon

• Earth

• Neptune

The Sun is 8.3 light-minutes away from us. Which is true?

• It will take light 8.3 years to reach us from the Sun

• It will take light 8.3 minutes to reach us from the Sun

• Every 8.3 minutes the Sun ‘auto-refreshes’ itself

• 8.3 minutes away from a star is the only perfect ‘survival  distance’

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The astronomical unit is the

• distance between the Earth and the Moon

• distance between the Earth and the Sun

• radius of the solar system

• the distance to the nearest star

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If you could look down on the Earth from above the North Pole, it would appear to be:

• moving counterclockwise

• moving clockwise

• stationary

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The Earth’s rotational axis emerges from the Earth at

• the north and south poles

• the equator

• Greenwich

• Zero degrees longitude and latitude