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1
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Brighest star in Boötes

A

Arcturus

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Brightest star in Canis Major

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Sirius (brightest star in the night sky)

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Brightest star in Lyra

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Vega

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Brightest star in Auriga

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Capella

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Two brightest stars in Orion (right knee)

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Rigel

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one of the two brightest stars in Orion (right sholder)

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Betelgeuse

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Brightest star in Canis Minor

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Procyon

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Brightest star in Aquila

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Altair

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Brightest star in Taurus

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Aldebaran

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Brightest star in Scorpius

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Antares

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Brightest star in Virgo

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Spica

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Two brightest stars in Gemini

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Castor and Pollux

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Two brightest stars in Gemini

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Castor and Pollux

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Brightest star in Cygnus

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Deneb

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Brightest star in Piscis Austrinus

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Fomalhaut

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Brightest star in Leo

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Regulus

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17
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The north pole star is called

A

Polaris

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18
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The constellation Orion is mentioned in what passage

A

All of these

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In what passage of Scripture does God promise Abraham he will have descendants that number the stars in the sky?

A

Genesis 15:1-6

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20
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The Pleiades is mentioned in what passage of Scripture?

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Job 9:4-10

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21
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The path the sun takes through the celestial sphere is called…

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ecliptic

22
Q

Which of the following is not a reason why God gave us the sun, moon, and stars?

A

To help us predict the future

23
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What comes after Aries in the 12 zodiac constellations?

A

Taurus

24
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What comes after Cancer in the 12 zodiac constellations?

A

leo

25
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What comes after Libra in the 12 zodiac constellations?

A

Scorpius

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What comes after Sagittarius in the 12 zodiac constellations?

A

Capricornus

27
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When standing on the equator, Ursa Major is a circumpolar constellation.

A

true

28
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If you traveled to the southern hemisphere and watched the stars around the celestial pole all night long, the stars would look they they are spinning around the pole…

A

clockwise

29
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Looking down on the north pole, the Earth spins…

A

Counterclockwise

30
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Ursa Majoris…

A

A constellation

31
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The Summer Triangle is

A

asterism

32
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Ancient people considered Neptune a planet.

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false

33
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Ancient people considered Earth a planet.

A

true

34
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When a star rises as the sun is setting, reaching the meridian at high midnight, this is the star’s…

A

Acronical rising

35
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In 13,000 years, the Earth’s axis will still be pointing toward Polaris.

A

false

36
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What planet comes right after Saturn in the solar system?

A

uraius

37
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The asteroid belt is between…

A

Mars and Jupiter

38
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What are the two ice giant planets?

A

Uranus and Neptune

39
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The Kuiper belt is located…

A

ar beyond the orbit of Neptune

40
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A dwarf planet…

A

have not cleared a neighborhood

41
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If you found a chunk of space rock on the ground, it would be a…

A

Meteorite

42
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When Venus is at maximum elongation, its position is closest to the sun that it will ever get.

A

false

43
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Total lunar eclipses happen only during…

A

a full moon

44
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A partial lunar eclipse is when…

A

The moon enters part of the Earth’s penumbra but not the umbra

45
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When the moon completely covers the disk of the sun, this is called…

A

Total Solar Eclipse

46
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The moon takes how many days to go through all its phases

A

29.5

47
Q

The Hebrews use a…

A

lunisolar calendar

48
Q

The idea for a leap year every 4 years came from…

A

the romans

49
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In the Metonic cycle, there should be an intercalary month added how many times in a 19-year cycle?

A

7

50
Q

Pope Gregory XIII changed the rules of leap years. What is different compared to the Julian calendar?

A

here are only leap years when the year is divisible by 400.

51
Q

If you saw this third quarter moon setting on the western horizon, you would know the sun should be…

A

Directly below your feet on the other side of the world

52
Q

What is the only superior terrestrial planet?

A

mars

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