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Given the DESCRIPTION, identify the HEAVENLY BODY
1. Nearest star to the Earth Sirius
Pole Star
Proxima Centauri
Alpha Centauri
Sun
Answer: Sun The Sun, which is at a distance of 92,955,900 miles from Earth is the nearest star to Earth. The distance of the Sun from the Earth is termed as 1 Astronomical Unit. Light from the Sun takes nearly 8 minutes to reach the Earth. 2. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun) Great Bear
Proxima Centauri Andromeda
Alpha Centauri
Dog Star
Answer: Proxima CentauriProxima Centauri, which was discovered in the year 1915, is at a distance of nearly 4.2 light years from Earth. One light year is equal to the distance light travels in one year. 3. Brightest star as seen from the Earth Rigel Kentaurus
Dog Star (Sirius) Betelgeux
Eta Carinae
Orion
Answer: Dog Star (Sirius) Sirius A (Alpha Canis Majoris), also known as the Dog Star, is the brightest star visible from the surface of Earth. It has an apparent brightness magnitude of -1.46. It is nearly 8.65 light years away from the Earth and has luminosity 26 times greater than that of the Sun. It is visible in the winter months of the northern hemisphere.
4. Largest planet of our solar system Jupiter Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
Answer: Jupiter Jupiter, with an equatorial diameter of 88,080 miles is the largest of the nine planets that revolve around the Sun. Its mass is approximately 320 times, and volume 1300 times that of the Earth. In other words, Jupiter could contain 1300 Earths. 5. Smallest planet of our solar system Mercury
Venus
Mars
Pluto Neptune
Answer: Pluto Contrary to popular opinion, Mercury is not the smallest planet. Pluto, the outermost planet, with a diameter of 1430 miles is the smallest planet of our solar system. 6. Coldest planet of our solar system Neptune
Venus
Pluto Saturn
Ganymede
Answer: Pluto Pluto, discovered by William Tombaugh, is the planet which is farthest from the Sun. It is the coldest planet of the solar system. It is so cold that when in 1992, scientists discovered nitrogen on Pluto, it was in SOLID form. It is the only outer planet made of solid material. 7. Planet of our solar system with fastest orbiting speed Venus
Pluto
Jupiter
Earth
Mercury
Answer: Mercury Mercury, at a speed of 107,030 mph, takes about 88 days to orbit the Sun and is the fastest planet of our solar system. 8. Hottest planet of our solar system Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Venus Earth
Answer: Venus American and Russian space probes have found out the temperature on the surface of Venus is 465 oC, making it the hottest planet of our solar system. 9. Planet closest to Earth Moon
Mercury
Mars
Venus Sun
Answer: Venus Venus is at times about 25 million miles away from the Earth. Mars is at a distance of 34 million miles. 10. Brightest planet as viewed from the Earth Jupiter
Moon
Venus Mercury
Mars
Answer: Venus Venus, also known as the Evening star, is the brightest planet as seen from the surface of the Earth. It has an apparent brightness magnitude of -4.4. 11. Densest planet of the solar system Jupiter
Earth Mars
Neptune
Pluto
Answer: Earth Our planet Earth, with a density of nearly 5.5 times that of water, is the densest planet of our solar system. Saturn, with a density about 0.69 times that of water, is the one with the lowest density. If the planets were placed in a huge ocean, then Saturn would be the only one to float on the water. 12. Largest satellite (natural) of our solar system Moon
Ganymede Phobos
Deimos
Sinope
Answer: Ganymede Ganymede, the satellite of Jupiter, with a diameter of 3275 miles is the largest satellite of our solar system. 13. Heaviest satellite (natural) of our solar system Moon
Phobos
Ganymede Deimos
Sinope
Answer: Ganymede Ganymede is one of the 16 satellites of Jupiter. It has a mass nearly double that of the moon. 14. Satellite closest to the parent planet Moon
Phobos Titan
Charon
Enceladus
Answer: Phobos Phobos is one of the 2 satellites of Mars. It is at a distance of nearly 5800 miles from the center of Mars making it the satellite that is closest to the parent planet. 15. Satellite farthest from the parent planet Sinope Hyperion
Titan
Ganymede
Charon
Answer: Sinope Sinope is the outermost of the 16 satellites of Jupiter. It is at a staggering distance of 14 million miles from Jupiter. 16. Largest ocean in the world Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean
South China Sea
Answer: Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean represents nearly half of all the world's oceans. Oceans represent 94% of the Earth's water. 17. Deepest part of the ocean Sea of Tranquility
Raasay Point
Bermuda Triangle
Marianas Trench Java Trench
Answer: Marianas Trench Marianas Trench, pinpointed by HM Survey Ship Challenger, is located in the Pacific Ocean. The bathyscape Trieste descended to its bottom at 35,813 ft. 18. Largest sea Dead Sea
Mediterranean Sea
South China Sea Red Sea
Black Sea
Answer: South China Sea 19. Largest bay (in terms of shoreline length) Bay of Bengal
Cardigan Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Hudson Bay San Diego Bay
Answer: Hudson Bay 20. Largest bay (in terms of area) Bay of Bengal Hudson Bay
Cardigan Bay
Cape of Good Hope
San Diego Bay
Answer: Bay of Bengal 21. Largest continent Europe
America
Asia Africa
Australia
Answer: Asia Asia is the largest continent accounting for about 29.5% of all the land on the Earth. 22. Smallest continent Asia
Australia Europe
America
Africa
Answer: Australia The Australian continent consists of Australia along with New Zealand, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. It is also sometimes referred to as the Oceania. 23. Largest peninsula Arabia India
China
Russia
France
Answer: Arabia 24. Largest island Honshu
Greenland Indonesia
New Zealand
Borneo
Answer: Greenland Greenland was discovered by Eric the Red. Australia, which is larger that Greenland, is considered a continent. Greenland is 3 times as large as Borneo, the second largest island in the world, and 9 times as big as Honshu, the largest island of Japan. 25. Highest mountain Mount Rushmore
Andes
Mount Everest K2
Kanchenjunga
Answer: Mount Everest Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest. The 10 highest peaks are all found in the Himalayan mountain range north of India. The 3 highest peaks are Mount Everest (29,030 ft), K2 (28,250 ft) and Kanchenjunga (28,210 ft). 26. Highest waterfall Angel Falls Khône Falls
Niagara Falls
Tugela Falls
Yosemite Falls
Answer: Angel Falls Angel Falls with a total drop of 3210 ft and the longest single drop of 2610 ft are located in Venezuela on the river Carrao. They are named after the American Pilot Jimmy Angel who recorded them in his log book while flying over them in 1935. The Tugela Falls in South Africa with a drop of 3110 ft are the second highest waterfall. 27. Greatest waterfall (in terms of flow rate) Khône Falls
Niagara Falls
Grande Falls
Yosemite Falls
Boyoma (formerly Stanley) Falls
Answer: Boyoma (formerly Stanley) Falls The greatest waterfalls are Boyoma Falls in Zaire (17,000 m3/s), Khône Falls in Laos (11,600 m3/s) and Niagara Falls on the Canada / US border (5,830 m3/s). 28. Widest waterfall Khône Falls Boyoma Falls
Niagara Falls
Grande Falls
Yosemite Falls
Answer: Khône Falls Khône Falls are in Laos. 29. Longest river Amazon Ob Irtysh
Mississippi-Missouri
Yangtze
Hwang Ho
Answer: Amazon The total length of the Amazon in South America is 4195 miles. Its navigable length of 3750 miles is the greatest of any river. River Nile had been regarded as the longest but its present estimated length is about 4145 miles. 30. Largest lake Lake Superior
Caspian Sea Aral Sea
Lake Huron
Lake Victoria
Answer: Caspian Sea Caspian Sea is located in Azerbaijan (Asia) and has a total area of 143,240 square miles. 31. Deepest lake Lake Baikal Lake Huron
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Answer: Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is located in Siberia and is the deepest lake in the world at 5315 ft. 32. Highest lake Lake Titicaca Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Loch Ness
Lake Baikal
Answer: Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca is located at the border of Peru and Bolivia. 33. Largest freshwater lake Lake Erie
Loch Ness
Lake Baikal
Lake Superior Lake Huron
Answer: Lake Superior Lake Superior is one of the Great Lakes. About 65% of Lake Superior is located in the United States and the rest is in Canada. 34. Largest desert Gobi Desert
Kalahari Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Atacama Desert
Sahara Desert
Answer: Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert in Africa covers a surface area of 3.5 million square miles. 35. River with the greatest water flow Nile
Mississippi-Missouri
Zambezi
Amazon Hwang Ho
Answer: AmazonThe Amazon flows into the ocean at a rate of 18,000 m3/s. 36. Smallest ocean in the world Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean Indian Ocean
South China Sea
Answer: Arctic Ocean 37. Hottest place on the Earth (for extended periods of time) Dallol
Sahara Desert
Marble Bar
Al Aziziyah
Death Valley, California
Answer: Death Valley, California 38. Place where the hottest temperature was recorded Dallol
Sahara Desert
Al Aziziyah Marble Bar
Death Valley, California
Answer: Al Aziziyah 39. Place where lowest temperature was recorded Vostok Siberia
Siachen
Iceland
Helsinki
Answer: Vostok 40. Place with highest annual rainfall Cumbria, Britain
Meghalaya, India Sri Lanka
Congo
Zambia
Answer: Meghalaya, India 41. Largest active volcano Mount St Helens, US
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon
Mauna Loa, Hawaii Etna, Sicily
Stromboli, Italy
Answer: Mauna Loa, HawaiiMauna Loa, Hawaii last erupted in 1984. 42. Place which has had the longest drought Sahara Desert
Gobi Desert
Grand Canyon
Atacama Desert Great Sandy Desert
Answer: Atacama Desert 43. Largest star Sun
Sirius
Pole Star
Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) Orion
Answer: Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis)
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