What are asteroids closely similar to?

• comets
• meteorites
• planets
• meteors

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

• barred spiral
• elliptical
• spiral
• irregular

What do you need for an eclipse to occur?

• the sun
• the moon and the sun
• Earth, the moon, and the sun
• Earth

What instrument did Galileo improve?

• a telescope
• a camera
• a microscope
• glasses

What is the closest star to our solar system other than the sun?

• Alpha Centauri
• Betelgeuse
• Antares
• Proxima Centauri

Which of the following word pairs refers to a body's position in orbit around the Sun?

• perigee/apogee
• perimeter/apometer
• periapsis/apoapsis
• perihelion/aphelion

The Orion Nebula is:

• a place where the stars birth
• probably a black hole
• a variable star
• a red giant

The Sun is:

• a main sequence star
• a blue giant
• a neutron star
• a red giant

The Crab Pulsar is:

• a supernova remnant
• a neutron star
• probably a black hole
• a red giant

A shooting star is:

• a meteor
• a meteoroid
• a meteorite
• a bolide

A small sand to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar system is:

• a meteor
• a meteoroid
• a meteorite
• a bolide

Which of these is not a sign of the Zodiac?

• Virgo
• Orion
• Scorpio
• Leo