Best Astronomy Quiz For Grown-Up Kids

What is the degree of tilt of earth?

23.5 degrees

90 degrees with respect to the sun

Approximately 25 degrees

Exactly 25 degrees

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Which astronomer has proposed that planets revolve in an elliptical pattern instead of circular?

Galileo Galilei

Johannes Kepler

Nicolaus Copernicus

Claudius Ptolomy

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Which one best describes solstice.

June 21 or 22

December 21 or 22

All of the above

Either the longest or shortest day of the year for a hemisphere

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Every day past the summer solstice, the days get longer and longer until the fall equinox.

TRUE

FALSE

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Which astronomer is responsible for refining the telescope and discovering the moons of Jupiter?

Isaac Newton

Galileo Galilei

Nicolaus Copernicus

Claudius Ptolomy

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What is the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun?

Variable and changes with the seasons (no particular shape)

Circular

Square to rectangular

Elliptical (slightly oval)

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Which astronomer has proposed the Heliocentric Theory?

Galileo Galilei

Claudius Ptolomy

Isaac Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

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What results in the tilt of the earth?

It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas

When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night

It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year

When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day

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Which one defines the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

Why are you talking about the northern hemisphere when you asked about the southern hemisphere?

The norther hemisphere is tilted neither toward or away from the sun

The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

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Which theory insisted that Earth was the core of the solar system?

Geocentric Theory

Big Bang Theory

Oscillating Theory

Heliocentric Theory

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Best Astronomy Quiz For Grown-Up Kids

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What is the degree of tilt of earth?

Which astronomer has proposed that planets revolve in an elliptical pattern instead of circular?

Which one best describes solstice.

Every day past the summer solstice, the days get longer and longer until the fall equinox.

Which astronomer is responsible for refining the telescope and discovering the moons of Jupiter?

What is the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun?

Which astronomer has proposed the Heliocentric Theory?

What results in the tilt of the earth?

Which one defines the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

Which theory insisted that Earth was the core of the solar system?

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