Planets, Stars and Beyond

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. A significant outflow of charged particles, away from a star, is called: a stellar wind a magnetic storm a geo storm a proton wind

2. A type of neutron star is called a: pulsar variable star quasar brown dwarf

3. Name the Jovian Planets. Jupiter and Saturn Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

4. Where do long term comets originate? Kuiper Belt Oort Cloud Trojan Belt Halley's Cloud

5. What is the largest asteroid ever discovered called? Vesta Ceres Juno Pallas

6. Spike-like columns of gas that jet out from the sun's chromosphere are called: Sunspots Neutrinos Spicules Helio flares

7. Stars live over 90 per cent of their lives as part of this stage. What is it? Proto Star Red Giant Neutron Star Main Sequence

8. What is the brightest star in the night sky? Sirius Vega Canopus Betelgeuse

9. This moon is the largest known satellite in our solar system. What is its name? Luna Ganymede Titan Triton

10. This unmanned space probe has visited all of the outer planets except Pluto. What was its name? Voyager 1 No space probe has orbited as far as Neptune. Pioneer 11 Voyager 2