Space

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  Space QUIZZES

  Here are some quizzes to test your knowledge about space. You'll improve your score if you read the pages in this section of Q-files before you start the quizzes.

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  Astronomy

  Astronomy is the study of space, including planets, stars and galaxies. We can see some objects in space with just the naked eye, but many more, including those that are billions...

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  Planets and moons

  A planet is an object orbiting a star. It can be made of rock, metal, liquid, gas or a combination of these. It does not share its orbit with any other significant objects. It is...

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  Solar System

  The star we call the Sun lies at the centre of the Solar System, an array of objects of various sizes that move around, or orbit, it. These are: the eight major planets (in order...

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  Universe

  The Universe consists of everything that we know to exist: stars, planets, rocks, people, and so on. It even includes empty space. Nearly all the visible matter in the Universe is...

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  EASY READ Space

  Space is everything that lies beyond the Earth's atmosphere, sometimes called the "heavens". This includes the Moon, the planets, the Sun, comets and asteroids, stars, black holes...

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