Statistics for A to Z: Space

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  • The average score is 14 of 26

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HintAnswer% Correct
Scientific name for the Northern LightsAAurora Borealis
87%
Small celestial object with a nucleus of ice and dust and a tail of gas particlesCComet
79%
Name of the galaxy which our solar system is inMMilky Way
77%
Formation of gas and dust where young stars formNNebula
74%
Second closest planet to the SunVVenus
74%
Space telescope found in low Earth orbit that was launched in 1990HHubble Telescope
73%
Constellation resembling a hunter with a sword and bowOOrion
73%
Unit of distance used for astronomical termsLLight Year
68%
Largest of Saturn's moonsTTitan
68%
S.I. unit of temperatureKKelvin
63%
Term for one full rotation of the EarthYYear
61%
Term for all matter and space as a wholeUUniverse
60%
Process stars undergo to change hydrogen into heliumFFusion
56%
Italian astronomer who discovered the 4 largest moons of JupiterGGalileo Galilei
55%
Large star that shares it's name with a 1988 horror filmBBetelgeuse
52%
The "Dog Star"SSirius
52%
Radiation with a greater wavelength than visible lightIInfrared
44%
Extremely luminous galaxy centre that may contain a supermassive black holeQQuasar
42%
Stage a star reaches when it begins to produce heavier elementsRRed Giant
42%
Type of radiation used in medical imagingXX-Rays
42%
State of matter that is found in stars, made of an ionised gasPPlasma
40%
Final stage of a star where light is still being given offWWhite Dwarf
40%
Substance believed to make up 70% of spaceDDark Energy
34%
Point directly overhead of an observerZZenith
32%
Lowest speed an object must have to leave a gravitational fieldEEscape Velocity
26%
Group of planets that consists of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and NeptuneJJovian
24%

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