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WorksheetsGlobal Astronomy Month Quiz- 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The hottest place in the universe is located in which constellation?
Virgo
Cygnus
Leo
Canis Major
What is the most common type of star found in the Milky Way?
Blue Supergiant
Yellow Dwarf
Red Supergiant
Red Dwarf
The day on which the Sun’s direct rays cross the celestial equator is called
The perigee
The equinox
The ecliptic
The solstice
What term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies?
suzerainty
syzygy
sizzle
symbology
How many minutes was the shortest space flight?
45 minutes
20 minutes
15 minutes
5 minutes
Who invented astronomy?
The Romans
The Ancient Greeks
Early Humans
The people of Indus Valley Civilization
How is the distance between the sun and Earth measured?
In Light Years (LY)
In Light Months (LM)
In Astronomical Units (AU)
In Parsec (PC)
What is the visible part of the Sun called?
The atmosphere
The lithosphere
The stratosphere
The photosphere
Identify the celestial object in this picture:
Black Hole
Brown Dwarf Star
Magnetar
White Hole
How many times larger is the radius of the Sun than that of the Earth?
109
99
1024
1
Approximately how many miles (or kilometers) are there in a light-year?
5.9 billion miles (9.5 billion km)
5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km)
590,000 miles (950,000 km)
5.9 million miles (9.5 million km)
Alpha Centauri is a
Single Star System
Triple Star System
No Star System
Double Star System
Which of these can be formed in a supernova?
Red Supergiant star
Neutron star
Nebula
Constellation
Identify the Nebula
Ring Nebula
Carina Nebula
Crab Nebula
Horsehead Nebula
Which of these refers to the mass over which a star will become a black hole?
Bose-Einstein Limit
Hawking radiation
Chandrasekhar Limit
None of these
When did the Space Age begin?
1999
1969
1947
1957
Who was the first person to enter outer space twice?
Yuri Gagarin
Scott Kelly
Vladimir Komarov
Neil Armstrong
When will the Voyager 1 spacecraft pass by another star system?
500
4000
40,000
500,000
Who was the father of astronomy?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
K. Sivan
What is the velocity of the sun?
615 km/sec (382.14 miles/sec)
110 km/sec (68.35 miles/sec)
54 km/sec (33.55 miles/sec)
1875 km/sec (1165.07 miles/sec)
