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 geo storm a proton wind a magnetic storm a stellar wind

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

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

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: Neutrinos Sunspots Helio flares Spicules

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

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

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

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