Space KBC Quiz & KBC Questions, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question: How many moons does Pluto have (found by year 2000)?

1. 32
   
2. 16
   
3. 4
   
4. 1
   

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Pluto, like earth, has only one moon named Charon.

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Question: Which planet orbits the sun at a speed of 110,000 kph?

1. Earth
   
2. Venus
   
3. Jupiter
   
4. Mars
   

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Earth is about 150,000,000 km away from the sun.

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Question: Which planet is 110 million km from the sun?

1. Earth
   
2. Mercury
   
3. Mars
   
4. Venus
   

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That is the same as 70 million miles.

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Question: Which planet takes 248.5 earth years to go round the sun?

1. Neptune
   
2. Pluto
   
3. Uranus
   
4. Saturn
   

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Pluto is also the furthest planet, in our solar system, to the sun.

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Question: A meteorite struck Antarctica in 2004. It was 30 feet wide. How far away was the climate affected by this strike?

1. Only a small section of Antarctica
   
2. South Africa and Argentina
   
3. The North Polar region
   
4. Other side of the planet
   

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It scattered 2 million pounds of dust into the air. It also seeded rain clouds for miles around.

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Question: Most meteorites are found in Antarctica and where else?

1. Brazil
   
2. New Zealand
   
3. North Africa
   
4. Hawaii
   

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They are easy to spot in the desert or ice. Over 24,000 meteorites of notable size are known to have landed on Earth. A Martian meteorite can fetch about $500 a gram. Most other space rocks are about $2 a gram.

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Question: In what country must you turn over any meteor finds?

1. Scotland
   
2. Egypt
   
3. South Africa
   
4. Russia
   

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The Meteoritical Society demands that 20% or 20 grams (whichever is smaller) be donated for research, no matter what country it is found in. This is hard to enforce as they have no legal authority. However, the National Heritage Law in South Africa requires that all of the meteors found in South Africa be turned over to the authorities.

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Question: In the 1990s, a spacecraft was designed to protect Earth from meteors, asteroids and comets. What was its name?

1. Buster I
   
2. Maybelle I
   
3. Defender II
   
4. Clementine II
   

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Anything that might hit Earth is called a Near Earth Object. The project was canceled by President Clinton.

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Question: It has been estimated that a meteorite does what once every 180 years?

1. Hits a human
   
2. Leaves a crater
   
3. Strikes the moon
   
4. Splits in half
   

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The study was done in 1985 by "Nature". That averages out to .0055 times a year. The last one in the 20th century struck a woman in the southern part of the United States. The meteorite was about eight pounds.

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Question: The International Space Station has protection from meteors. What is it made of?

1. Rubber
   
2. Kevlar
   
3. Plastic
   
4. Steel
   

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That's right, the same stuff used for bullet-proof vests. It is a foot thick. About 100,000 meteors should strike the ISS in its 20 year lifetime. While iron is a common part of meteors. most meteors are composed of chondite. Chondite is similar in composition to the mantles and crusts of the terrestrial planets.

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