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Quiz about Astronomy or Cosmology
Quiz about Astronomy or Cosmology

Astronomy or Cosmology? Trivia Quiz


All of the questions are related to astronomy or cosmology, even if sometimes tenuously.

A multiple-choice quiz by paulsr. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
paulsr
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
2,227
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
10095
Last 3 plays: Guest 71 (6/10), Guest 24 (10/10), robbonz (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The term dirty snowball refers to a ______? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is the name of the closest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who experimentally discovered the relationship between redshift and distance within the universe? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Where is the world's first fully steerable giant radio telescope located? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What does the 'C' in Einstein's famous equation E=mc^2 stand for? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who was first person recorded as seeing the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A Supernova is the explosion of a _______? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is the fuel that powers our sun? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What element is at the bottom of the Energy Well? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The term dirty snowball refers to a ______?

Answer: comet

It is a descriptive term for the core of a comet.
2. What is the name of the closest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way?

Answer: Andromeda

Andromeda, also known as M31 and NGC224 is a spiral galaxy similar to our own but twice as large. It contains about 400 billion stars.
3. Who experimentally discovered the relationship between redshift and distance within the universe?

Answer: Hubble

Edwin Hubble, 1889-1953, discovered the true meaning of redshift and first confirmed experimentally that the universe was expanding. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after him.
4. Where is the world's first fully steerable giant radio telescope located?

Answer: Jodrell Bank

Jodrell Bank, England is the site of the Lovell Telescope a 250ft dish which first came online in 1957.
5. What does the 'C' in Einstein's famous equation E=mc^2 stand for?

Answer: The speed of light in a vacuum

The speed of light is approx 186,000 miles per second or 300,000km per second.
6. Who was first person recorded as seeing the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn?

Answer: Galileo

Galileo Galilei 1564-1642 was persecuted by the Roman Catholic church for his belief that the Earth circled the sun, rather than the earth centered universal model proposed by Aristotle.
7. A Supernova is the explosion of a _______?

Answer: Star

One of the most recent Supernovae visible on Earth with the naked eye occurred in the Large Magellanic Cloud in 1987.
8. What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?

Answer: Titan

Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system, first discovered by Christiaan Huygens in 1655.
9. What is the fuel that powers our sun?

Answer: Hydrogen

Hydrogen is turned into helium by a form of nuclear fusion.
10. What element is at the bottom of the Energy Well?

Answer: iron

All heavy elements are created in supernova explosions. Iron is the most stable and the least likely to break down by atomic fission.
Source: Author paulsr

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