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🔭 Astronomy and the Night Sky

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. How many planets are in our solar system?

98107

2. What is the name of our galaxy?

AndromedaThe Milky WayThe Magellanic CloudOrion

3. Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

SaturnNeptuneEarthJupiter

4. How long does Earth take to spin once on its axis?

About 7 daysAbout 24 hoursAbout 12 hoursAbout 365 days

5. What is the Sun?

A planetA galaxyA starA moon

6. What happened to Pluto in 2006?

It was destroyed by an asteroidIt was reclassified as a dwarf planetIt was discoveredIt left the solar system

7. Why do stars appear to twinkle?

They switch on and offEarth's moving atmosphere bends their lightThey spin very fastClouds pass in front of them

8. What causes Earth's seasons?

The tilt of Earth's axis as it orbits the SunChanges in the Sun's brightnessEarth moving closer to and further from the SunThe Moon blocking sunlight

9. Which way does a comet's tail point?

Behind it, like a jet trailAlways away from the SunAlways towards EarthStraight down

10. About how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?

8 days8 minutes8 seconds8 hours

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