SpaceSoc Quiz Night 2021

Who took the first selfie in space?

• Buzz Lightyear

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Jeff Bezos

Which is the 4th planet from the Sun?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

Who first discovered the 4 main moons of Jupiter?

• Henrietta Swan Leavitt

• Edwin Hubble

• Tycho Brahe

• Galileo Galilei

Who is the (2021) Vice-chairperson of the UCT Space and Astronomy society?

• Meriam K

• Graham M

• Sanveer S

• Brian B

1 Astronomical Unit (AU) is the distance from:

• Earth to the Moon

• Sun to Jupiter

• Earth to the Sun

• Earth to Pluto

Evidence that the universe is expanding is best supported by the observation that the wavelengths of light from distant galaxies are shifted toward the

• blue end of the spectrum because they are lengthened

• red end of the spectrum because they are lengthened

• red end of the spectrum because they are shortened

• blue end of the spectrum because they are shortened

Energy is produced within a star's core by the process of

• nuclear fusion

• insolation

• conduction

• radioactive decay

One factor responsible for the strength of gravitational attraction between a planet and the Sun is the

• degree of tilt of the planet's axis

• planet's period of rotation

• amount of insolation given off by the Sun

• distance between the planet and the Sun

How old is the earth

• 4.543 billion years

• 1 billion years

• 3.432 billion years

• 10 billion years

Which of the following equations represents Hubble's law?

• v = Hd

• v = H/d

• d = vH

• H = d/v