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Space Quiz

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(130 votes)
10 questions
English
Test your knowledge on Space with this Space Quiz!
1

Liquid Rocket Fuel can also be known as what?

Rocket Propellant

Rocket Combustion

Solid Propellant

Xenon Gas

Hard  34% got this right

The Engine in the Photo is the RS-25 which has been used for the Space Shuttle & currently the Space Launch System (SLS)
2

The theoretical Centre of a black hole is called what?

The Singularity

The Centre

The Core

The Point

38% got this right

3
Iris reveal

Which planet is often described as "Earth's Twin Sister"

Venus

Mars

Mercury

Pluto

35% got this right

They are referred as Twins due to some of their similarities
4

How Long is a Mars Sol? (Martian Day)

24 Hours 37 Minutes

20 Hours 12 Minutes

23 Hours 10 Minutes

24 Hours 2 Minutes

Hard  35% got this right

5

Which Elements are Jupiter's Gases primarily Made of?

Hydrogen & Helium

Hydrogen & Carbon

Hydrogen & Oxygen

Hydrogen & Sulfer

45% got this right

Jupiter usually deflects earth from Comets and Asteroids hitting the surface but sometimes Jupiter does the opposite
6

A Binary Star system that touches is called a ____

Contact Binary

Combining Binary

Fusing Binary

Touching Binary

Hard  24% got this right

W Ursae Majoris is an example of a Contact Binary, it's 169 Light Years away
7

JWST is an abbreviation for what Space Telescope?

James Webb Space Telescope

Jackson Wide Space Telescope

Jean Wiring Space Telescope

Jet Watts Space Telescope

61% got this right

The JWST got struck by 3 Micrometeorites on it's way to it's spot that's why it has 6 Pointed stars on it's Pictures
8

How many years are left until Halley's Comet returns? (As of 2023)

20
38
50

67% got this right

It's set to return in 2061
9

In the 50/60's Nasa did a Project for Nuclear Interstellar Propulsion, what was the name of the Project?

Project Orion

Project Atomkraft

Project Nebula

Project Rummet

Hard  32% got this right

It was abandoned due to 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty which they agreed on a Ban of Nuclear explosions in Space
10

What is the object theorised but not proven to exist that could transport objects light years in seconds?

Wormhole

Blackhole

Whitehole

56% got this right

Wormholes line up with Einstein's General Theory of Relativity but have never been spotted