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Astronomy or Cosmology?

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : General Astronomy : Astronomy or Cosmology?
"All of the questions are related to astronomy or cosmology, even if sometimes tenuously."


1. The term dirty snowball refers to a ______?
    asteroid
    meteorite
    meteor
    comet


2. What is the name of the closest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way?
    Andromeda
    M33
    Leo
    NGC2143


3. Who discovered the relationship between Redshift and distance within the universe?
    Hoyle
    Hewish
    Hey
    Hubble


4. Where is the world's first fully steerable giant radio telescope located?
    Jodrell Bank
    Arecibo
    Green Bank
    Mount Wilson


5. What does the 'C' in Einstein's famous equation E=MC2 stand for?
    The age of the universe
    Redshift
    The speed of light in a vacuum
    The Doppler Effect


6. Who was first person recorded as seeing the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn?
    Galileo
    Kepler
    Lord Kelvin
    Copernicus


7. A Supernova is the explosion of a _______?
    Bomb
    Asteroid
    Planet
    Star


8. What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?
    Titania
    Triton
    Titus
    Titan


9. What is the fuel that powers our sun?
    Gasoline
    Helium
    Hydrogen
    Oxygen


10. What element is at the bottom of the Energy Well?
    iron
    uranium
    lead
    mercury


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