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WorksheetsWhat do I really know about Astronomy?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The largest mountain in the solar system (Olympus Mons) resides on which planet?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Pluto
d)
Venus
2.
Which planet rotates on its axis in the opposite direction than the rest?
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Neptune
d)
Jupiter
3.
Which planet rotates on its axis titled 900 from the vertical?
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Jupiter
4.
Light from the sun takes approximately how many minutes to reach earth?
a)
3.5
b)
8
c)
13
d)
instantaneous
5.
Around which planet did we put a probe in orbit this summer?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Uranus
c)
Pluto
d)
Mars
6.
What record did the Mars rover Opportunity set last summer?
a)
consecutive days of functionality as a probe/ rover
b)
Off-Earth Driving distance record, 25 miles
c)
Number of photographs sent back to Earth from a probe/ rover
7.
What news headline did the space probe “Rosetta” make in May?
a)
a. Successfully flew through the tail of an ancient comet and “scooped up” comet dust to be analyzed back here on Earth.s
b)
Successfully
entered orbit around an asteroid to analyze its contents.
8.
What did the “New Horizons” space probe do in July 2015?
a)
enter orbit around Neptune
b)
enter orbit around Pluto
c)
enter orbit around Uranus
d)
deploy a probe in Jupiter's atmosphere
9.
Which Planet can be seen in the morning sky just to the right of the Moon?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Jupiter
10.
What is the nearest star to our Sun (Sol)?
a)
Orion
b)
Betelgeuse
c)
Polaris
d)
Proxima Centauri
11.
What is the brightest star in the sky?
a)
Rigil
b)
Vega
c)
Polaris
d)
Sirius
12.
All stars in the night sky reside in the Milky Way.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
How wide is the Milky Way galaxy? (in light years)
a)
90
b)
9000
c)
90,000
d)
900,000
14.
What is the approximate number of stars that reside in the Milky Way galaxy?
a)
1 e7
(10,000,000)
b)
1e9
(1,000,000,000)
c)
1e12
(1,000,000,000,000)
d)
Too many to count
15.
What is the name of the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
a)
Andromeda
b)
Canis Major D
c)
Tucana
d)
Ursa Minor Dwarf
16.
What is the name of the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
a)
Andromeda
b)
Canis Major D
c)
Tucana
d)
Ursa Minor Dwarf
17.
What is the age of the universe believed to be? (in billions of years)
a)
3.2
b)
7.5
c)
13.6
d)
27.1
18.
What is the origin of the universe called?
a)
The Hubble Glitch
b)
The Big Crunch
c)
The Big Bang
d)
The Big Collapse
19.
NASA has a space probe that has left the Solar System
a)
True
b)
False
20.
NASA has a space probe that is on the verge of leaving the Galaxy.
a)
True
b)
False
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