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WorksheetsAstrophysics Quiz Round 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which galaxy is home to the Solar System?
a)
Milky Way
b)
Andromeda Galaxy
c)
Magellenic Clouds
d)
Cygnus A
2.
Which object lost its status as a planet in 2006?
a)
Neptune
b)
Earth
c)
Pluto
d)
Uranus
3.
What is the Oort cloud?
(a)
4.
What is the third brightest astronomical object in the sky?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
5.
How many moons does Mars have?
a)
3
b)
1
c)
2
d)
4
6.
Who discovered the four main moons of Jupiter in 1610?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Marie Curie
d)
Galileo Galilei
7.
What is the solar cycle?
(a)
8.
What is the Hubble Constant?
(a)
9.
Hydrogen and which other gas make up the majority of the Sun's composition?
a)
Helium
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Xenon
d)
Radon
10.
Which star is closest to Sun?
a)
Alpha Centauri A
b)
Alpha Centauri B
c)
Proxima Centauri
d)
Sirius
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