Quiz: Can You Pass The Hardest Astronomy Test?
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Take this quiz and learn more about cosmology, planets, galaxies, asteroids, astro photography, the Big Bang and black hole!
Questions and Answers
- 1._____ is the closest planet to the Earth.
- 2._____ has the highest winds recorded in the Solar System.
- 3._____ has the tallest known peak in the Solar System, Olympus Mons.
- 4._____ is the largest planet in the Solar System.
- 5._____ is the 2nd largest planet.
- 6._____ has relatively calm weather patterns.
- 7.The only planet in the Solar System that is capable of sustaining life is _____.
- 8.Darkest part of shadow of moon or Earth.
- A.
Umbra
- B.
Penumbra
- 9.The part of a shadow that is only partly illuminated; partial shadow.
- A.
Umbra
- B.
Penumbra
- 10.An eclipse that occurs when the moon passes into Earth's total shadow, or umbra.
- A.
Lunar Eclipse
- B.
Solar Eclipse
- 11.An eclipse that occurs when the moon's total shadow, or umbra, falls on Earth.
- A.
Solar Eclipse
- B.
Lunar Eclipse
- 12.What constellation is Polaris in?
- 13.
![What kind of galaxy is this?]( "What kind of galaxy is this?")
- 14.
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- 15.
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- 16.
- 17.
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What moon phase is this? - 18.
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- 19.
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- 20.
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- 21.
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- 22.
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- 23.An average star turns into a red giant, then into planetary nebula, then into a white dwarf.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.A massive star turns into a red supergiant, then either a black hole or a neutron star, and then a supernova.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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