The Number of Stars in the Observable Universe

question 69

Multiple Choice

The number of stars in the observable universe

• A) is approximately equal to the population of the Earth at the turn of the 21st century
• B) cannot be estimated
• C) is approximately equal to the total number of sand grains on every beach on Earth
• D) is infinitely large

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Definitions:

Malt Liquor

A North American term for a type of beer with a high alcohol content, typically above 6% by volume, made by fermenting grains.

Anti-Saloon League

An influential American organization founded in 1893 that advocated for the prohibition of alcohol, playing a key role in the passage of the 18th Amendment, which initiated Prohibition.

Fourteenth Amendment

An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States including former slaves, and guaranteeing all citizens "equal protection of the laws."

Homer Plessy

An African American man whose 1896 Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.