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New example questions from the library every Monday. Updated on 12 October 2026.

What do you sometimes see falling at night?
A shooting star A falling moon A falling planet A falling cloud
How does the sun feel?
Very hot Cold Wet Soft
What happens to old stars?
They may explode They fall down They get bigger They go to sleep
Which constellation looks like a pan?
The Great Bear The Little Bear The Lion The Swan
What is a star anyway?
A big fireball A diamond A lamp A mirror
How many stars can you see with your eyes?
Thousands Ten One hundred Five
How many stars are there in the Great Bear?
Seven Three Ten A
What happens to the shape of the moon?
Which changes every day It always remains the same That only gets bigger It will only get smaller
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What do we call the star closest to Earth?
The sun The moon The North Star Venus
What is the name of the most famous constellation with three stars in a row?
Orion Big Bear Little Bear Cassiopeia
What colour is our sun?
Yellow Red Blue Green
What is a shooting star actually called?
A meteor A mini star A flying star A star
Approximately how many degrees is it in the centre of the sun?
15 million degrees 100 degrees 1000 degrees 10,000 degrees
Which star helps sailors find north?
The pole star Sirius Vega Betelgeuze
What does most of a star consist of?
Hydrogen gas Water Oxygen Stone
Where do stars get their light from?
They make their own light From the moon From Earth From other planets
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Why is the sun important for life on Earth?
She gives warmth and light She gives oxygen She waters She gives food
What do we call a star that very suddenly becomes much brighter?
A supernova A meteorite A comet A planet
How much time does light from the nearest star (other than the sun) take to reach Earth?
About 4 years About 4 months About 4 days About 4 hours
What is the name of our own star?
The Sun The Moon Venus Mars
What energy keeps stars shining?
Nuclear fusion Electricity Combustion of coal Solar
What does the Milky Way look like if you were to view it from above?
As a flat disc with spiralArms Like a perfect circle As a square As a sphere
Which stars are the coolest (have the lowest temperature)?
Red stars Blue stars White stars Yellow stars
What can astronomers learn by examining the light of stars?
What fabrics the star is made of How the star smells How old the astronomer himself is When life arises on the star
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How many years does it take for our Sun to burn out?
About 5 billion years About 1,000 years About 1 million years About 100 million years
How many years has the Sun been shining?
About 5 billion years About 6,000 years About 1 million years About 100000 years
Approximately how long is a light year?
9.5 trillion kilometres 1 million kilometres 150 million kilometres 1 billion kilometres
What unit do astronomers use to measure distances between stars?
Light years Kilometre Star Year Spacemeter
What is the name of the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way?
Andromeda Nebula Large Magellanic Cloud Orion Nebula Crab Nebula
What shape is our galaxy?
Spiral Spherical shape Ring shape Cubic shape
Where are new stars being born?
In mists of gas and dust In black holes Around planets At the core of other stars
How do the heavier elements in the universe form?
Inside of stars On planets In black holes In comets
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What is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Lyra?
Vega Altair Deneb Arcturus
What is the magnitude of the faintest star you can see with the naked eye?
+6 +3 +10 +1
What is the name of the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way?
Andromeda Triangulum Centaurus A Whirlpool
What is a binary star?
Two stars orbiting each other A star twice its size A star that has two colours A star with two planets
How much mass does the sun have compared to the earth?
330,000 times heavier 1000 times heavier 1 million times heavier 10,000 times heavier
Which constellation is most visible in winter?
Orion Big Bear Swan Scorpio
Which star is used for navigation in the northern hemisphere?
Polaris Sirius Vega Capella
How long does light from the sun take to reach Earth?
About 8 minutes 1 second 1 hour 1 day
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What is the name of the nearest star to our sun?
Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri A Barnard's Star Wolf 359
What is the process by which heavy elements are formed in stars called?
Nucleosynthesis Photo dissociation Ionisation Sublimation
Which star is considered a prototype of a red supergiant?
Betelgeuze Sirius Vega Procyon
What is the name of the theory describing the formation of heavy elements in supernovae?
R-process P-process S-process T-process
What is the phase when a massive star sheds its outer layers before it explodes?
Wolf-Rayet phase Asymptotic Giant Branch Main series T Tauri phase
What is the name of the limit at which a white dwarf collapses into a neutron star?
Chandrasekhar limit Schwarzschild beam Eddington limit Roche limit
Which astronomer discovered the expansion of the universe?
Edwin Hubble Carl Sagan Johannes Kepler Galileo Galilei
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
Spiral Elliptical Irregular Lenticular
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