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More about the Wonderful World Around Us Quiz


This quiz looks at how two everyday objects, the sun and the moon, influence our lives and the world around us. Stories, science, religion and history all feature these cosmic neighbors. Let's explore how!

A multiple-choice quiz by MikeMaster99. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
MikeMaster99
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
349,823
Updated
May 15 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
2635
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Life on earth depends on energy from the sun. But how is this enormous energy created? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Many ancient civilizations worshipped the sun. Ra was an important sun god of which ancient civilization that flourished alongside the Nile River? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Sometimes the heat from the sun can be too much! This unfortunate character from Greek mythology flew too high causing the wax attaching his wing feathers to melt. He then plunged into the sea and drowned. Who was this youth who should have heeded his father's advice to stay low? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The states of Queensland in Australia and Florida in the USA are both known for their warm temperatures, (mostly) glorious weather and abundant seasonal rainfall. Which nickname is also used for both of these states?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Long before the invention of electronic watches and even before the thirteenth century when clocks based on springs and other mechanisms were developed, these devices were used to tell the time. The only problem was that they only operated during daylight! What is the correct name of these simple, but amazingly accurate, devices? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Not only does the sun provide light for us to see, and heat to warm the earth, it also produces radiation that can cause serious damage to our eyes and skin with too much exposure. What is this radiation which shares part of its name with one of the colors of the rainbow? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A high tide occurs when the water edge is closest to you and the low tide when it is furthest from you. But what contributes the most to this tidal movement? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. If you are very lucky, one night you might see the moon almost disappear from the sky for up to 90 minutes as a circular shadow slowly crosses it. This shadow is from the earth as it passes between the sun and the moon. What is this spectacular event called? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. One of the great technological achievements of the twentieth century was humankind's first footsteps on the moon. Neil Armstrong took those steps on July 20, 1969. What name is shared by that NASA program to reach the moon and a Greek god? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This book is a very popular bedtime story written by Margaret Wise Brown. It involves a bunny saying "Goodnight" to a large number of objects around the house including bears and chairs, two little kittens and a pair of mittens, a bowl of mush and an old lady whispering 'Hush'. What is the title of this classic children's book? Hint





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1. Life on earth depends on energy from the sun. But how is this enormous energy created?

Answer: Nuclear reactions involving hydrogen

The lightest element, hydrogen, makes up about 72% of the mass of the sun. The second lightest gas, helium, is 26% of the mass. Helium is created in a nuclear fusion reaction where under the almost unbelievably high temperatures in the sun's core (hotter than 15 million degrees Celsius!) two hydrogen atoms are 'fused' together.

This process liberates an enormous amount of energy. Scientists are trying to recreate this fusion process on earth but under MUCH lower temperatures. Once successful, the nuclear fusion process will provide almost limitless energy, removing the need to burn fossil fuels.

The timeframe for this exciting research to then result in working power stations is unknown but it is almost certainly decades away.
2. Many ancient civilizations worshipped the sun. Ra was an important sun god of which ancient civilization that flourished alongside the Nile River?

Answer: Egypt

The ancient Egyptians actually had three sun gods: Ra was the sun-god of midday (and the most well known), Khepri was for the rising sun and Atum, the setting sun. The Greeks and the Romans also had more than one sun god. Most sun gods are depicted as males, with the deities for the Moon usually being female. Male sun gods include Huitzilopochtli (Aztec), Lugh (Celtic), Inti (Inca) and Liza (Fon people, West Africa). Female sun godesses include Amaterasu (Japan) and Hepa (Hittite).
3. Sometimes the heat from the sun can be too much! This unfortunate character from Greek mythology flew too high causing the wax attaching his wing feathers to melt. He then plunged into the sea and drowned. Who was this youth who should have heeded his father's advice to stay low?

Answer: Icarus

After building the Labyrinth to hold the Minotaur for King Minos of Crete, Daedalus incurred the king's anger by helping Theseus. Needing to escape Crete, Daedalus created wings for himself and his son Icarus from feathers and wax. The wings worked well but against his father's instructions, Icarus flew too close to the sun.

This story is usually interpreted as the tragic effects that may come from being too ambitious (flying too high).
4. The states of Queensland in Australia and Florida in the USA are both known for their warm temperatures, (mostly) glorious weather and abundant seasonal rainfall. Which nickname is also used for both of these states?

Answer: Sunshine State

Both Florida and Queensland are popular vacation destinations for citizens living in winter conditions elsewhere in the country: people travel south to Florida in the USA and north to Queensland in Australia. Famous beaches, swimming, surfing, fishing and a great variety of fresh food are some of the many attractions. One of the major reasons for the warmer weather in these locations is that they are much closer to the equator.
5. Long before the invention of electronic watches and even before the thirteenth century when clocks based on springs and other mechanisms were developed, these devices were used to tell the time. The only problem was that they only operated during daylight! What is the correct name of these simple, but amazingly accurate, devices?

Answer: Sundial

A simple sundial has a sharp spike or rod (the gnomon) which casts a shadow from the sun onto a flat plate marked into hours. The correct orientation of the sundial is essential to tell the correct 'solar' time. The latitude and the orientation to true north are two factors that must be taken into account. 'Solar' time means that at solar noon, the sun is at the highest point in the sky for that day.
6. Not only does the sun provide light for us to see, and heat to warm the earth, it also produces radiation that can cause serious damage to our eyes and skin with too much exposure. What is this radiation which shares part of its name with one of the colors of the rainbow?

Answer: Ultraviolet

Being "sunsmart" means wearing a hat, sunglasses and sensible clothing when spending time outside in the sun. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is part of the electromagnetic spectrum that ranges from long wavelength (low frequency, low energy) radio waves to short wavelength (high frequency, high energy) gamma rays. UV light has more energy than visible light.

It is this extra energy that can cause skin damage and even skin cancer. Fortunately the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere filters out almost all UV radiation. An international treaty, the 'Montreal Protocol', was signed in 1987 to help minimize damage to the ozone layer by man-made chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were subsequently banned.
7. A high tide occurs when the water edge is closest to you and the low tide when it is furthest from you. But what contributes the most to this tidal movement?

Answer: Moon gravity

As you sit on the beach at the seaside watching the waves and the water, you notice that over many hours the water slowly moves out (and if you watched even longer it would come in again). Even though the gravitational attraction of the moon on the earth is fairly weak, it is certainly strong enough to have a small effect on the world's oceans. When an area of ocean is closest to the moon, it is attracted to it which means water in other areas moves towards this point. This creates the high tide in this region and low tides in other regions. On the opposite side of the world, a high tide occurs as well. The earth rotates 360 degrees every day, so just over six hours later, the earth has rotated 90 degrees and the moon is now over the area that was initially at low tide and hence is now at high tide. The 'tidal period' (the time from high tide to high tide) is 12 hours, 25 minutes due to the moon's orbit, which means high tide gets a little later each day.

Despite its massive size, the sun has a smaller effect on tides than the moon (by a factor of about 2) due to its much greater distance from earth.
8. If you are very lucky, one night you might see the moon almost disappear from the sky for up to 90 minutes as a circular shadow slowly crosses it. This shadow is from the earth as it passes between the sun and the moon. What is this spectacular event called?

Answer: Lunar Eclipse

The moon rotates around the earth as the earth rotates around the sun. On occasion, all three bodies form a straight line. If the moon is between the sun and the earth, then the shadow of the moon falls on the earth and a solar eclipse occurs (when viewed from within this moon shadow on earth, the sun is 'eclipsed' or hidden).

This only occurs during daylight. When the earth is in a direct line between the sun and the moon, the shadow of the earth falls on the moon and the moon becomes much harder to see. Unlike the sun, the moon does not provide its own light; instead we only see the moon because the sun's light is shining on it.
9. One of the great technological achievements of the twentieth century was humankind's first footsteps on the moon. Neil Armstrong took those steps on July 20, 1969. What name is shared by that NASA program to reach the moon and a Greek god?

Answer: Apollo

Apollo, the Greek god, was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, wilderness and wild animals. Apollo was the patron of the arts and leader of the muses, a healer and a prophet. Later, he was also associated with Helios, the god of the sun.

In one of many overlaps between Greek and Roman deities, Apollo was also the Roman god of the sun. The 'Apollo' name was suggested for the space missions targeting the moon by the NASA Director of Space Flight Development, Abe Silverstein, in 1960.
10. This book is a very popular bedtime story written by Margaret Wise Brown. It involves a bunny saying "Goodnight" to a large number of objects around the house including bears and chairs, two little kittens and a pair of mittens, a bowl of mush and an old lady whispering 'Hush'. What is the title of this classic children's book?

Answer: Goodnight Moon

Although best known for her books 'Goodnight Moon', 'The Color Kittens' and 'The Runaway Bunny', Brown was a prolific author, publishing over 100 books. At the time of her untimely death in 1952, at age 42 from an embolism, she left 70 unpublished manuscripts. 'Goodnight Moon' was first published in 1947 and illustrated in wonderful detail by Clement Hurd.

The beautiful rhyme and peaceful ritual has helped make this book incredibly successful with over 4 million copies sold by 1990 (no later sales figures are available).
Source: Author MikeMaster99

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