Space KBC Quiz & KBC Questions, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question: The most famous meteor shower is the Perseids. What is its other name?

1. Saint Elmo's Fire
   
2. Tears of Saint Lawrence
   
3. Northern Lights
   
4. Southern Lights
   

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This spectacular shower is named after a martyr in early Rome. He was burned on an open stove in 258 AD. Another famous meteor shower, the Leonids, inspired this section of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The upper air burst into life! And a hundred fire-flags sheen, To and fro they were hurried about! And to and fro, and in and out, The wan stars danced between And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge; And the rain poured down from one black cloud; The Moon was at its edge...

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Question: A piece of stone and/or iron traveling through space that moves through the earth¹s atmosphere is...?

1. Planet
   
2. Sun
   
3. Moon
   
4. Meteor
   

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Question: You are making a model of the Earth and Moon to show their relative sizes and massiveness. You've decided that Earth will be a ball of clay 6 inches in diameter, so the Moon should be...?

1. A tennis ball
   
2. A golf ball
   
3. A ping pong ball
   
4. A baseball
   

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A golf ballwould be a good match for size and massiveness, and the largest dimples on the ball would match the sizes of the largest lunar craters, too!

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Question: How distant is the closest star?

1. 54 million miles away
   
2. 72 million miles away
   
3. 93 million miles away
   
4. 127 million miles away
   

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The closest star to Earth is 93 million miles away, this Star is ofcourse the Sun...

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Question: Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

1. Mercury
   
2. Mars
   
3. Earth
   
4. Jupiter
   

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Question: Why do variable stars pulsate in brightness?

1. Gain in mass
   
2. Expansion & contraction of the outer layers
   
3. Constant contraction
   
4. Movement at a fixed rate
   

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Variable stars pulsate due to the expansion and contraction of their outer layers.

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Question: Where are the youngest stars of the galaxy located?

1. Central bulge
   
2. Black holes
   
3. Halo
   
4. Spiral arms
   

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The youngest stars of the galaxy are located in the spiral arms of the rotating disk.

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Question: What is located at the center of the Milky Way?

1. Gamma rays
   
2. A supermassive black hole
   
3. A supernova
   
4. Gas clouds
   

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Scientists believe that Sagittarius A, the center of the galaxy, is a supermassive black hole.

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Question: How many stars are in the disk of the Milky Way?

1. The number you can see On a clear night
   
2. 1 million
   
3. 100,000
   
4. 100 billion
   

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Scientists estimate that 100 billion stars are in the Milky Way's disk.

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Question: What do astronomers use to map the shape of the Milky Way?

1. Visible light
   
2. Infrared rays
   
3. Radio waves
   
4. Gamma rays
   

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Astronomers use radio waves to map the shape of the Milky Way.

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