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Stars and space exploration

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1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our Solar System?
- AAndromeda
- BThe Whirlpool Galaxy
- CThe Orion Nebula
- DThe Milky Way
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2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What does a light-year measure?
- ATime
- BDistance
- CBrightness
- DSpeed
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3True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Milky Way is the only galaxy in the universe.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
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4Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which process releases the energy that makes stars like the Sun shine?
- ANuclear fusion
- BBurning coal
- CElectric currents
- DReflected light
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5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is a constellation?
- AA group of planets
- BA small nearby galaxy
- CA star pattern seen from Earth
- DA cloud where stars form
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6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Galaxies come in different shapes. What shape of galaxy is shown in the picture?
- AElliptical
- BSpiral
- CIrregular
- DLenticular
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7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
When a star like the Sun runs out of hydrogen in its core, what does it swell up into?
- AA red giant
- BA black hole
- CA neutron star
- DA white dwarf
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8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the giant explosion of a very massive star at the end of its life called?
- AA nebula
- BA red giant
- CA meteor shower
- DA supernova
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9True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Nothing, not even light, can escape from a black hole.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
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10Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What was the name of the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
- AExplorer 1
- BVostok 1
- CSputnik 1
- DApollo 1
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11True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The first animal to orbit Earth was a dog called Laika.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
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12Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who became the first human to travel into space, in April 1961?
- AYuri Gagarin
- BNeil Armstrong
- CValentina Tereshkova
- DJohn Glenn
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13Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which space mission landed the first people on the Moon in July 1969?
- AApollo 13
- BApollo 11
- CVostok 1
- DGemini 4
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14Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who was the first person to step onto the Moon?
- ANeil Armstrong
- BBuzz Aldrin
- CYuri Gagarin
- DMichael Collins
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15Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The space telescope in the picture was launched into orbit around Earth in 1990. What is its name?
- AThe James Webb Space Telescope
- BThe Hubble Space Telescope
- CThe Kepler Space Telescope
- DThe Very Large Telescope
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16Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Why can telescopes in space, like Hubble, take sharper pictures than telescopes on the ground?
- AThey are closer to the stars
- BStars shine brighter in space
- CThey only work at night
- DThey are above Earth's blurring air
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17Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The spacecraft in the picture was built in orbit from many parts by space agencies of several countries. What is it?
- AThe Hubble Space Telescope
- BSputnik 1
- CA Mars rover
- DThe International Space Station
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18Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Robotic rovers like the one in the picture, such as Curiosity and Perseverance, explore which planet?
- AVenus
- BMercury
- CMars
- DJupiter
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19Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The picture shows a giant cloud of gas and dust in space where new stars are born. What is such a cloud called?
- AA comet
- BA galaxy
- CA nebula
- DAn asteroid belt
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20True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Stars in the same constellation are always close to each other in space.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
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