Which spectral class does the Sun belong to?
Correct answer: G2 V
The Sun is classified as a G2 V main-sequence star.
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Can You Ace All 10? | Space Quiz
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Can You Ace All 10? | Space Quiz
Test yourself with this Space quiz and see how many you can get right.
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This quiz focuses on Space. Test what you already know, then use the explanations below to turn the questions into useful learning points.
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Use these explanations after the challenge to understand the correct answers and discover a little more about the subject.
What is the term for a rocky object that survives passage through Earth's atmosphere and reaches the ground?
Correct answer: Meteorite
A meteorite is material from space that reaches Earth's surface.
Which metal is liquid at typical room temperature?
Correct answer: Mercury
Mercury is liquid at typical room temperature.
Which process supplies most of the energy in a red giant after hydrogen in its core is exhausted but before helium ignition?
Correct answer: Hydrogen shell burning
Hydrogen fusion continues in a shell surrounding the inert helium core.
Which moon is the largest natural satellite of Uranus?
Correct answer: Titania
Titania is the largest moon of Uranus.
Which NASA telescope launched in 1990 and orbits Earth?
Correct answer: Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990.
Which dwarf planet is the most massive known object in the asteroid belt?
Correct answer: Ceres
Ceres is both the largest and most massive object in the main asteroid belt.
Which planet has a day longer than its year?
Correct answer: Venus
Venus rotates so slowly that one rotation takes longer than one orbit around the Sun.
Which moon of Saturn has a thick nitrogen-rich atmosphere?
Correct answer: Titan
Titan has a dense atmosphere dominated by nitrogen.
Which star is the primary component of the nearest stellar system to the Sun after the Sun itself?
Correct answer: Proxima Centauri
Proxima Centauri is the nearest known star to the Sun and part of the Alpha Centauri system.
questions
- Which spectral class does the Sun belong to?
- What is the term for a rocky object that survives passage through Earth's atmosphere and reaches the ground?
- Which metal is liquid at typical room temperature?
- Which process supplies most of the energy in a red giant after hydrogen in its core is exhausted but before helium ignition?
- Which moon is the largest natural satellite of Uranus?
- Which NASA telescope launched in 1990 and orbits Earth?
- Which dwarf planet is the most massive known object in the asteroid belt?
- Which planet has a day longer than its year?
- Which moon of Saturn has a thick nitrogen-rich atmosphere?
- Which star is the primary component of the nearest stellar system to the Sun after the Sun itself?
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