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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. What is the Sun?

A starA galaxyA planetA moon

2. Which planet is famous for its bright, easily seen rings?

SaturnVenusMercuryMars

3. What causes Earth's seasons?

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

4. What is a lunar eclipse?

The Moon passing in front of the SunEarth's shadow falling on the MoonClouds covering the MoonThe Moon leaving its orbit

5. What happened to Pluto in 2006?

It left the solar systemIt was discoveredIt was reclassified as a dwarf planetIt was destroyed by an asteroid

6. By what other name do astronomers know the Matariki cluster?

Alpha CentauriThe PleiadesThe Southern CrossOrion's Belt

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

8 minutes8 seconds8 days8 hours

8. Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?

VenusMercuryMarsJupiter

9. One te reo Māori name for the Milky Way, pictured as a great fish of the sky, is:

Te IkaroaAorakiTe WaipounamuRuapehu

10. Roughly how old is the Sun?

4.6 million years460 million years4.6 billion years46 billion years

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