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WorksheetsAstronomy and Astrophysics
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The two moons of Mars are called …
Tritos and Desmos
Phobos and Tritos
Tritos and Deimos
Phobos and Deimos
DUNE is an experiment to detect which of the following?
Cosmic ray particles
Photons
Gravitational waves
Neutrino
What is the name of the hazy band of light that arcs across the clear night sky?
Great Rift
Orion Nebula
Milky Way
Ecliptic
How many parsecs are approximately 23 light years?
6
7
8
9
Which messenger of astronomy is not a fundamental particle?
Neutrinos
Electromagnetic waves
Cosmic rays
Gravitational waves
A black hole is always surrounded by an
Accordion pleat
Accretion disk
Antimatter ring
Aurora
The axis of the Earth is tilted at an angle of approximately ... relative to the orbital plane around the Sun.
20.3 degrees
21.4 degrees
22.7 degrees
23.5 degrees
Arrange the phases of Gravitational wave production through in spiral mechanism
Spiraling - Merger - Ringdown
Merger - Spiraling - Ringdown
Ringdown - Spiraling - Merger
Spiraling - Ringdown - Merger
For a body in orbit around the Sun, the point in its orbit which is furthest from the Sun is called
Antipodes
Apogee
Aphelion
Apex
Which one is the biggest moon of Jupiter?
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Calisto
A core collapse supernova emits this messenger abundantly
Gravitational waves
Gamma rays
Neutrinos
Cosmic rays
Which constellation of the Northern Hemisphere has a distinct "W" shape?
Taurus
Ursa Major
Cassiopeia
Pegasus
Identify the image shown
Microwave Telescope
UV Telescope
IR Telescope
Radio Telescope
Which astronomer is best known for referring to comets as "dirty snowballs"
Fred Whipple
Edwin Hubble
Eugene Shoemaker
William Herschel
The Pleiades is an open star cluster that plays a role in many ancient stories and is well-known for containing ... bright stars.
5
7
9
12
The uppermost region of the Sun is called the?
Ionosphere
Photosphere
Corona
Chromosphere
Identify the Nebula
Crab Nebula
Orion Nebula
Ring Nebula
Waterfall Nebula
Which of the following has its charge and its anti-particle's charge both to be equal to zero? (More than 1 option is correct)
Muon Neutrino
Electron Neutrino
Tau Neutrino
Cosmic ray particles
What is the most prominent part of the comet to an unaided eye.
Ion Tail
Coma
Dust Tail
Nucleus
The planet Jupiter orbits the Sun in ...
12 years
15 years
18 years
23 years
Radio telescopes are crucial for astronomical observations. Which one of these well-known radio telescopes has the largest parabolic antenna?
Green Bank Telescope
Yevpatoria RT-70 Telescope
Arecibo Telescope
Effelsberg Telescope
Which is not a satellite of Neptune?
Triton
Naiad
Nereid
Umbriel
Identify the detector
Super-Kamiokande
IceCube
DUNE
TRACER
As the life of a star progresses, heavy elements are produced. The elements form layers around the star in this order (starting from the outer layer):
H → He → Li → N → O → Si → Fe
H → He → Li → O → Ne → Si → Fe
H → He → C → O → Ne → Si → Fe
H → He → C → N → O → Si → Fe
Which comet left the debris which we call Perseids?
Temple-Tuttle
Swift-Tuttle
Halley
Encke
