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The Space Panorama Trivia Quiz

Here is a collection of random questions about space. Subjects vary widely from planets to stars.

A multiple-choice quiz by r1creator. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
r1creator

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
280,598

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Mu Cephei is a brilliant star in the night and is contained in the Cepheus constellation. It was given a nickname by Sir William Herschel, what was the nickname? Hint

Crimson Entity

Garnet Star

Red Star

Diamond Portrait

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Question 2 of 10

2. Eventually, our galaxy will crash into the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), but we will not have to worry about that happening to us in our lifetime, or many, many, many generations after. Andromeda has a long way to go. But, what will happen when we collide? (Exclude the variables like black holes). Hint

The galaxies will pass through each other, most likely no planets even touching, but the gravity of the passing bodies will throw us and others out of orbit.

Planets will collide and create a mass site of destruction.

Nothing whatsoever.

The Andromeda Galaxy is not on a collision course towards the Milky Way.

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Question 3 of 10

3. We know about the life cycle of a star, but here is a question on the very end of a poor star's life: white dwarfs are both incredibly hot and very bright (in reference to luminosity).

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Due to odd star movements in the center of all galaxies, astronomers have come up with a solution to provide for the odd "whip-like" movements in star orbits. What is the theory? Hint

This happens to be the normal orbit at the center of a galaxy.

The gravity of all the stars at the dense center of a galaxy throws the star's orbit off.

There is a black hole at the very center of all galaxies

A neutron star sits at the center of a galaxy.

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Question 5 of 10

5. If you have lived on Earth, then you have seen the sun. But, is the sun the undefeated champ? Is there something that we know of on Earth that is hotter than the surface of the sun?

Yes

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Question 6 of 10

6. Most of the time when given the term "dying star," we think of a great bang and then a massive vacuum. Not all stars end this way, what is the alternate death course a star can take? Hint

Become a white, then black dwarf

All stars eventually create a supernova, then either a black hole or neutron star

Become a quasar

Immediate burn out, star thus giving off no more light

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Question 7 of 10

7. Jupiter: big, huge, large, violent. The Great Red Spot is a raging hurricane that has been...raging...for 300 years! But what chemical (or compound) most likely makes it red? Hint

Phosphorus

Bronze Traces

Liquid Hydrogen

Iron Oxide (Rust)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Moons are small objects that orbit planets. As you may know, Ganymede is the largest moon, but for now, we are throwing it out of the spotlight and looking at the other extreme. What is the smallest moon of these four options? Hint

Moon

Triton

Phobos

Deimos

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Question 9 of 10

9. Edmond Halley is widely known for his discovery about Halley's Comet. His declared that all the comet sightings were one and the same even though there were large time periods between each sighting. He was correct, and got the comet named after him. But, what ironic thing happened when he proposed his ideas? Hint

He died before his ideas were proven correct

After he revealed his findings, a family member died.

He was rejected, but during the time they realized he was right, he had been on vacation.

Halley lost all his records when called up to speak about his ideas.

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Question 10 of 10

10. The sun influences so many parts of the daily happenings on Earth; which of the following locations was completely depleted of electricity by a solar flare in 1989? Hint

Paris

Quebec

Houston

Oslo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Mu Cephei is a brilliant star in the night and is contained in the Cepheus constellation. It was given a nickname by Sir William Herschel, what was the nickname?

Answer: Garnet Star

Mu Cephei is large enough that if placed at the sun's position, it would engulf all planets up to Saturn!

Answer: The galaxies will pass through each other, most likely no planets even touching, but the gravity of the passing bodies will throw us and others out of orbit.

You will not have to ever worry about this, nor anyone in the distant future. Andromeda is a bigger galaxy than we are, but still a spiral galaxy. Another name for this galaxy is the M31 galaxy.

3. We know about the life cycle of a star, but here is a question on the very end of a poor star's life: white dwarfs are both incredibly hot and very bright (in reference to luminosity).

Answer: False

Though hot, white dwarfs just are not that bright compared to other stars when talking about luminosity, which is an astronomical term for "brightness." Red giants are exactly the opposite of white dwarfs. The star is very bright to the eye, but does not happen to be very hot, relatively speaking. Both of these stages are always classified outside of the normal rating system for star temperature and magnitude.

4. Due to odd star movements in the center of all galaxies, astronomers have come up with a solution to provide for the odd "whip-like" movements in star orbits. What is the theory?

Answer: There is a black hole at the very center of all galaxies

They did go as far to say there is a massive black hole at the center. These baffling voids spurred many new ideas about galaxies such as the larger galaxies destroy small ones once they come in contact.

5. If you have lived on Earth, then you have seen the sun. But, is the sun the undefeated champ? Is there something that we know of on Earth that is hotter than the surface of the sun?

Answer: Yes

Believe it or not, lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun. Both are the fourth state of matter: plasma, which is really just normal matter at a extremely high temperature. However, the core of the sun completely destroys all other earthly competition. The core of the sun hits 15,000,000 C!

6. Most of the time when given the term "dying star," we think of a great bang and then a massive vacuum. Not all stars end this way, what is the alternate death course a star can take?

Answer: Become a white, then black dwarf

Actually, if the star is not as powerful, they swell then turn into white dwarfs as normal, but instead of creating a big BOOM, they become a black dwarf and just fade away from existence.

7. Jupiter: big, huge, large, violent. The Great Red Spot is a raging hurricane that has been...raging...for 300 years! But what chemical (or compound) most likely makes it red?

Answer: Phosphorus

Scientists think it is from phosphorus. The Great Red Spot also contains other compounds like methane and carbon-nitrogen compounds. The scientists theorize that the specific type of phosphorus is red phosphorus. Unfortunately, this happens to be a theory and scientists are not quite sure if the compound is even phosphorus.

The arguments they provide make sense: red phosphorus really does appear red, but until later technology, scientists only guess.

Answer: Deimos

The smallest moon is Deimos, belonging to Mars. It looks like a potato and is made of light, rocky material. The size of Deimos is not even larger than Manhattan Island!

Answer: He died before his ideas were proven correct

He never was alive to see his ideas come true. Halley's comet is known as a short-period comet, meaning it completes its orbit around the sun in under 200 years.

10. The sun influences so many parts of the daily happenings on Earth; which of the following locations was completely depleted of electricity by a solar flare in 1989?

Answer: Quebec

They are powerful. If the flare happens to shoot out close enough to Earth, it has the ability to zap out large amounts of electricity. Luckily, the Earth's magnetic field prevents any chance of a flare even hitting Earth's ground and cooking us. However, flares can electrically charge the atmosphere, and this can then charge electrical facilities and fry out transformers, causing a black out. Quebec was unluckily spiked with this dilemma.

Source: Author r1creator

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