The Solar System and Astronomy Quiz

False (B)

<p>Dust, rock, and ice</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mars (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first successful human landing on the Moon</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Core-collapse and Thermal Runaway (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Andromeda Galaxy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>150 million kilometers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>78%</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>8 minutes approximately</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Proxima Centauri</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eight</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Blue Moon</p> Signup and view all the answers

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A region between Mars and Jupiter filled with rocky objects.

A region beyond Neptune's orbit with icy bodies.

A spherical area of icy comet nuclei farthest from the Sun.

An object made of dust, rock, and ice that doesn't have a fixed orbit around the Sun.

The largest moon in our Solar System, orbiting Jupiter.

The Sun comprises approximately 98.8% of the Solar System's mass.

The roundest planets with shorter orbital periods than Earth, close to the Sun.

Home to the largest volcano in the Solar System: Olympus Mons.

All planets except Earth are named after Greek and Roman deities.

The first successful human landing on the Moon in 1969.

Results of supernovae, marking the end of a star's life cycle.

An explosive end for massive stars during their final stages.

Another type of supernova explosion aside from core-collapse.

Humans have yet to land a probe on Jupiter and Saturn.

The nearest barred spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at 2.5 million light-years away.

Earth is approximately 150 million kilometers away from the Sun.

About 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen make up Earth's atmosphere.

It takes roughly 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth at 300,000 km/s.

The closest star to Earth, apart from the Sun.

The Moon has no atmosphere and orbits Earth every 27 days.

The Moon experiences eight distinct phases in its cycle.

Occurs when two full moons appear in one month, about every 2.7 years.

Mercury has a shorter orbital period than Earth due to its proximity to the Sun.

Venus is nearly a perfect sphere, similar in size to Earth but hotter.

Saturn is the second-largest planet in the Solar System after Jupiter.

Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.

The Sun is approximately 4.5 billion years old.

The Moon reflects sunlight, making it visible from Earth.

A star ends its life cycle in an explosive way like supernovae.

No photographic representation of our solar system exists within the Milky Way.