How Well Do You Know Our Universe?

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1. Scientists think that there may be a chance of life on Mars.

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Yes! There is a saying: where there is water there is life.

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How Well Do You Know Our Universe? - Quiz

This is a true or false quiz about our Universe. If you don't know anything about this and you take it anyway and you get the answers right, take a moment to actually understand what the questions are and learn something.

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2. Our planet Earth is in the Goldy Locks point, witch means that its neither too far from the Sun nor too close. 

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Yes our planet is in the so called Goldy Locks point. Why Goldy Locks? Because its just right :-)

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3. We know everything about the whole Universe.

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Don't even get me started on what we don't know. Long story short: all we know is 0.5%!

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4. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun in our Solar System, is on one side freezing and on the other burnt.

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This is very true. Being too close to the sun will bring up consequences.

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5. Saturn is the most beautiful planet in the Solar System.

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This is true. Saturn is the most gorgeous also because of its rings.

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6. The Sun's Core has a temperature of 15 million degrees Celsius.

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Can you feel or imagine the heat?

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7. Pluto is a planet.

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Nooooooooo! Pluto was claimed a planet when it was discovered by astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh in 1930 but now we realised that its too small to be a planet. And get this: other astronomers discovered in time different small planets that were not bigger than Pluto and one even a bit larger. Since they were like Nano planets they were classified in Dwarf Planets.

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8. Jupiter's days last 10 of our hours

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Yes.

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9. Water came from asteroids.

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yes. thats all i have to say.

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10. It takes Jupiter 11.8618 Earth Years to complete one orbit of the Sun.

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Yes. This is because of its mass: more than the mass of all eight planets combined.

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11. Our Solar System is at the edge of our Galaxy.

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True. Our Solar System is at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy (ours).

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12. It takes four minutes for the light of a star to reach us.

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False. it takes 4 years. So from now on, whenever you see a star, your going to appreciate it... right?

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13. In Venus there is Hell.

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Three words: Molten lava everywhere!

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14. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Galaxy.

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Nope! Its only the biggest planet in our Solar System.

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15. Saturns ring are made out of moons (its moons that orbit around it).

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Yup! Every single rock or pice of dust that makes its rings are all moons.

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16. When a star dies it always turns into a Pulsar.

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False. Sometimes it turns into a Pulsar. Other times into a Supernova or even a Black Hole.

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17. Our planet and Mars have the same mass

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Yes they do.

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Scientists think that there may be a chance of life on Mars.
Our planet Earth is in the Goldy Locks point, witch means that its...
We know everything about the whole Universe.
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun in our Solar System, is on one...
Saturn is the most beautiful planet in the Solar System.
The Sun's Core has a temperature of 15 million degrees...
Pluto is a planet.
Jupiter's days last 10 of our hours
Water came from asteroids.
It takes Jupiter 11.8618 Earth Years to complete one orbit of the Sun.
Our Solar System is at the edge of our Galaxy.
It takes four minutes for the light of a star to reach us.
In Venus there is Hell.
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Galaxy.
Saturns ring are made out of moons (its moons that orbit around it).
When a star dies it always turns into a Pulsar.
Our planet and Mars have the same mass
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