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Quiz Understanding the universe

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Hard QUIZ 30 QUESTIONS
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Question 1 / 30

What did Penzias and Wilson discover in 1964?

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Question 2 / 30

At what time after the Big Bang did the first star begin to shine?

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Question 3 / 30

What is the name given to the interval between the Big Bang and the point at which a time line of events can be started?

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Question 4 / 30

In what year did Hubble find evidence for the Big Bang?

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Question 5 / 30

How much of the matter in the universe might be dark matter?

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Question 6 / 30

What makes an apple fall from a tree?

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Question 7 / 30

How many laws of motion did Newton put forward?

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Question 8 / 30

What other field of physics was Newton involved in?

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Question 9 / 30

Which Newtonian law explains the recoil of a gun?

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Question 10 / 30

What are the three main components of a galaxy?

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Question 11 / 30

Which of these is a type of galaxy?

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Question 12 / 30

True or false? - A yellow star is older than a blue one.

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Question 13 / 30

How many stars are there in the Milky Way?

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Question 14 / 30

The brightest star in the sky has three different names. Which of these is one of them?

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Question 15 / 30

In which larger constellation will you find the Big Dipper?

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Question 16 / 30

What unit is used to measure the distances between stars?

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Question 17 / 30

Which element is transformed into helium, there providing the energy of a young star?

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Question 18 / 30

What does a red giant turn into as it dies?

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Question 19 / 30

How much bigger than the Earth is the Sun (in diameter)?

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Question 20 / 30

What is the more popular name for the Aurora Borealis?

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Question 21 / 30

Which planet is also called the Evening Star?

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Question 22 / 30

Which is the biggest planet in the solar system?

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Question 23 / 30

Apart from Earth, which planet could have the potential to support life?

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Question 24 / 30

What are Ceres, Eris and Pluto known as?

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Question 25 / 30

How long does it take Encke's comet to go around the Sun?

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Question 26 / 30

A meteorite is a chip off what celestial object?

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Question 27 / 30

The speed of light is approximately :

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Question 28 / 30

According to relativity, when astronauts return from space, they are ______________________ they would have been if they had stayed at home?

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Question 29 / 30

In which year did Albert Einstein die?

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Question 30 / 30

What is the atomic number of an element?

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