Rex Trulove
Let’s face it; the universe we live in is so immense that it defies the imagination. The distances involved and the numbers used are so large that we can’t truly conceive them. Still, the realm of space is a fascinating one. We’ve all lived our lives in the space age, yet very often we don’t pay much attention to new space knowledge and discovery. We tend to take them for granted.
The following quiz is one that some people might find it to be a challenge. It is from questions like these that science actually expands, as we attempt to answer the questions in a more detailed way than in this little quiz. We also tend to start appreciating the universe we live in a lot more.
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The Earth is so big that it takes hours to fly between even Europe and the United States, only a portion of the way around the world. The sun is bigger. How many earth’s would fit inside the sun?
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About 1,000
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Over one million (1,000,000)
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Several hundred
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Although the sun is bigger than the earth, there is a red giant star that is about 1,000 times larger than our sun and it is visible above and slightly to one side of Orion’s belt, in the constellation of Orion. What is the name of the star?
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Betelgeuse
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Antares
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Vega
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True or false: At the speed of light, the first transmission ever beamed from the earth hasn’t yet reached the nearest star to our solar system.
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True
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False
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True or False: The very first weather satellite didn’t go into operation until 1960.
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True
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False
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True or False: The planet Saturn is so large that about 764 Earths would fit inside of it. Yet, if you could get a bucket of water that was large enough for Saturn to fit inside, Saturn would float.
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True
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False
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True or False: The Earth rotates on its axis approximately once every 24 hours. The sun rotates on its axis about once ever 24 days at the equator.
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True
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False
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True or False: Saturn is unique because it is the only planet that has rings.
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True
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False
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True or False: Mercury is a little smaller than our moon.
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True
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False
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True or False: Betelgeuse is about 1,000 times bigger than the sun, but the sun is hotter.
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True
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False
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True or False: On average, the earth is closer to Mars than it is from the sun.
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True
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False
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I goy 8 out of 10.Nice
Wow, you are nailing most of these with 8 of 10. Terrific!
Good quiz. I only got 6 out of 10.
Six is really a good score. You did well. There were a couple of questions that were tricky and depended on the wording.
I got 8 out of 10 right for this interesting and fun quiz!
Wow! That is really a high score!
6 of ten, and very informative!
That is really pretty good! You did quite well!
I got 4 out of 10….great quiz! I didn’t know too many of the answers but still had fun!
A score of four really isn’t bad at all! Good job!
Well I gave it my best shot!
8 out of 10. The last one is a bit of a trick, but I see how it works 🙂
I thought that might catch people. The operative word is ‘average’.
That one got me too! There will of course be times when Mars is on the other side of the Sun from us.
Exactly. That means that the average distance to Mars is about 140 million miles, while the average distance to the sun is 93 million.
Got 7 correct. I honestly did not know Saturn was not the only planet with rings!
All of the gas giants have rings; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Saturn’s are just the most pronounced. Seven is a really good score!
got 5 out of 10 right!
You did well! Good job!
Missed 4 but great Post anyway
That’s not bad. Some of these aren’t easy and take some knowledge to answer.