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1 What causes the seasons on Earth?

A) Solar wind

B) Earth's distance from Sun

C) Earth's axial tilt

D) Moon's gravitational pull

2 What makes a full moon?

A) Moon blocking Sun

B) Star alignment

C) Sun fully

D) Earth's shadow

3 Mercury is to planet as Sun is to ?

A) Comet

B) Asteroid

C) Moon

D) Star

4 What is a comet's tail made of?

A) Water

B) Rocks

C) Metal

D) Gas

5 What phenomenon causes stars to appear to twinkle?

A) Stars pulsating in size

B) Light bouncing off planets

C) Atmospheric turbulence bending

D) Stars rotating rapidly

6 What is Titan notable for?

A) Being Earth-sized

B) Being Saturn's largest moon with a

C) Having active volcanoes like Io

D) Being the largest moon in the solar system

7 What planet is known as the morning star?

A) Jupiter

B) Mercury

C) Mars

D) Venus

8 How many planets orbit our Sun?

A) Nine

B) Seven

C) Ten

D) Eight

9 What is the Great Dark Spot?

A) A ring gap on Saturn

B) A crater on Mars

C) A feature on Jupiter

D) large storm system

10 What is the Oort Cloud's distance?

A) ~5,000 AU

B) ~500 AU

C) ~50,000 AU

D) ~500,000 AU

11 What are comets made of?

A) Pure rock

B) Hot gas

C) Liquid metal

D) Ice and dust

12 What are shooting stars really?

A) Moving planets

B) Satellite debris

C) Meteors burning in

D) Falling stars

13 What is a Herbig-Haro object?

A) A dwarf galaxy

B) A dark matter candidate

C) A type of asteroid

D) Small bright nebulae

14 What is the shape of Earth's orbit?

A) Elliptical

B) Spiral

C) Square

D) Circular

15 What is a galaxy?

A) A type of nebula

B) A cluster of comets

C) massive system of

D) A single star system

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