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Global Astronomy Month Quiz- 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The hottest place in the universe is located in which constellation?

a)

Virgo

b)

Cygnus

c)

Leo

d)

Canis Major

2.

What is the most common type of star found in the Milky Way?

a)

Blue Supergiant

b)

Yellow Dwarf

c)

Red Supergiant

d)

Red Dwarf

3.

The day on which the Sun’s direct rays cross the celestial equator is called

a)

The perigee

b)

The equinox

c)

The ecliptic

d)

The solstice

4.

What term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies?

a)

suzerainty

b)

syzygy

c)

sizzle

d)

symbology

5.

How many minutes was the shortest space flight?

a)

45 minutes

b)

20 minutes

c)

15 minutes

d)

5 minutes

6.

Who invented astronomy?

a)

The Romans

b)

The Ancient Greeks

c)

Early Humans

d)

The people of Indus Valley Civilization

7.

How is the distance between the sun and Earth measured?

a)

In Light Years (LY)

b)

In Light Months (LM)

c)

In Astronomical Units (AU)

d)

In Parsec (PC)

8.

What is the visible part of the Sun called?

a)

The atmosphere

b)

The lithosphere

c)

The stratosphere

d)

The photosphere

9.

Identify the celestial object in this picture:

a)

Black Hole

b)

Brown Dwarf Star

c)

Magnetar

d)

White Hole

10.

How many times larger is the radius of the Sun than that of the Earth?

a)

109

b)

99

c)

1024

d)

1

11.

Approximately how many miles (or kilometers) are there in a light-year?

a)

5.9 billion miles (9.5 billion km)

b)

5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km)

c)

590,000 miles (950,000 km)

d)

5.9 million miles (9.5 million km)

12.

Alpha Centauri is a

a)

Single Star System

b)

Triple Star System

c)

No Star System

d)

Double Star System

13.

Which of these can be formed in a supernova?

a)

Red Supergiant star

b)

Neutron star

c)

Nebula

d)

Constellation

14.

Identify the Nebula

a)

Ring Nebula

b)

Carina Nebula

c)

Crab Nebula

d)

Horsehead Nebula

15.

Which of these refers to the mass over which a star will become a black hole?

a)

Bose-Einstein Limit

b)

Hawking radiation

c)

Chandrasekhar Limit

d)

None of these

16.

When did the Space Age begin?

a)

1999

b)

1969

c)

1947

d)

1957

17.

Who was the first person to enter outer space twice?

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Scott Kelly

c)

Vladimir Komarov

d)

Neil Armstrong

18.

When will the Voyager 1 spacecraft pass by another star system?

a)

500

b)

4000

c)

40,000

d)

500,000

19.

Who was the father of astronomy?

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

K. Sivan

20.

What is the velocity of the sun?

a)

615 km/sec (382.14 miles/sec)

b)

110 km/sec (68.35 miles/sec)

c)

54 km/sec (33.55 miles/sec)

d)

1875 km/sec (1165.07 miles/sec)