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Planets made of rocky materials and metals.
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giant Planets
Ice Giant Planets
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The surface of this planet appears red due to rusting iron in the rocks.MercuryMarsPlutoVenus
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Only planet known to have lifeEarthMarsVenusMercury
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Planets that are closer to the suntake more time to orbittake less time to orbit
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The order of the planets is:Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, NeptuneEarth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
UranusMercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The spinning of an object on its axis is called______orbitrotationrevolutiontide
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How long does it take for Earth to complete one full rotation?
365.25 days
23 hours
23 hours and 56 minutes
24 hours
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How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?
12 hours
24 hours
365.25 days
29.5 days
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Mercury
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Mars
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Jupiter
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Neptune
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True or False: The Gas giant planets have no solid surface.
True
False
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True or False: Methane gives Uranus and Neptune a blue color because it absorbs red light.
True
False
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An astronomical unit, or AU, is the distance
From the Sun to Mars
From the Sun to the Earth
From Earth to Mars
From the Sun to the end of the solar system
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This image shows the:Geocentric Solar SystemHeliocentric Solar System
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This model shows what?
Heliocentric Solar System
Geocentric Solar System
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What did Galileo Improve?The astrolabethe starsThe Telescopecat food.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What force keeps the planets orbiting the sun?GravityMagnetismElectricityFriction
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.____________ showed that gravity attracts all objects closer together.NewtonGalileoKepler
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.___________ found out that planets don't orbit in a circle, but in an elliptical shapeKeplerHubbleGalileo
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Which astronomer had data on over 1000 stars and all the planets?
Brahe
Ptolemy
Kepler
Hubble
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What did Edwin Hubble get credit for?
Discovering other galaxies
Discovering the Sun
Discovering Pluto
Building the first space telescope
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Gravity is affected by
Size and Shape
Mass and Distance
Distance and Shape
Weight and Color
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Stars are formed from big clouds of gas and dust is known as a ______.clouds grandeBCOG'sneutron cloudsnebulae
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The core of a Red Giant collapses and becomes a ___________________.
White DwarfNeutron Star
Red SupergiantBlack Hole - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When the core of a Red Supergiant collapses, a bright event known as a ___________ occurs.superdupernovasupernovabig bangblack hole
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After a supernova, the core can collapse into a neutron star, or if massive enough even a ___________.
Black Hole
White Dwarf Star
Brown Dwarf Star
Main Sequence Star
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.More massive stars continue to fuse elements in their cores all the way up to ________.siliconiron (Fe)carbonplutonium
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A black hole is an object so dense with so much gravity that even ________ cannot escape.
sound
mass
light
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Everything you see around you was made inside ________.
the earth
factories
stars
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The life and death of a star is determined by:
mass (size)colordistance from Earthluminosity - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Our sun is currently in what star stage?ProtostarNebulaMain SequenceRed Giant
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About 90 percent of stars on the H-R diagram are ____ stars.
red giants
main sequence
white dwarfs
super-giants
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What color represents a cool star
Blue
White
Red
Yellow
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The HR diagram compares all stars to
The Sun
Rigel
Alpha Centuari
Sirius b
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Which stars will live the longest?
Small (dwarf) stars
Medium mass stars
High-mass stars
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True / False: Spaghettification is what would happen to you if you fell into a black hole.
True
False
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Newton showed that white light is made of all the colors of the rainbow.
True
False
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What constellation is this?OrionTaurusCanis MajorGemini
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.True/False: The stars we see in each constellation are very close to us.TrueFalse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What constellation is this?LyraCygnusAquilaDelphinus
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Circumpolar means a constellation can be seen only part of the year.
True
False
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True or False: Orion is circumpolar and can be seen every month of the year.
True
False
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Which constellation is this?
Ursa Major
The Big Dipper
Taurus
Scorpius
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Planets made of hydrogen and helium
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giant Planets
Ice Giant Planets
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Planets made of gasses mixed with materials such as methane and water ices.
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giant Planets
Ice Giant Planets
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What rule of planets does Pluto not follow?
It must be a sphere
It must orbit the sun and not another object
It must pull objects down around it
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What objects are found at C?
Blue Stars of any type
Red giants and super-giants
White dwarfs
Main sequence stars
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What small, hot, and dim objects are found at B?
neutron stars
black holes
white dwarfs
brown dwarfs
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?Stars Get LargerStars get ColderStars get hotter
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.At 10,000 degrees Celsius, hydrogen begins to change into helium and energy is released in a process calledsupernovapulsarnuclear fusionnuclear fission
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The Sun makes up over 99% of the solar system's mass.TrueFalse
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What do we call the Sun's outer atmosphere that you see during a solar eclipse?
The Umbra
The Corona
The Penumbra
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This image is an example ofLunar EclipseNew MoonSolar EclipseFull Moon
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Which type of eclipse would happen in this picture?
Solar EclipseLunar Eclipse - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.
Which type of eclipse would happen in this diagram?
Solar EclipseLunar Eclipse - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the Earth's tilt in degrees?32.5 degrees28.5 degrees23.5 degrees
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The term equinox means....
equal amount of day and equal amount of night
Equal amount of winter and summerThe longest day of the yearlongest night of the year
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Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Jupiter and Mars
Between the Sun and the Earth
Between Earth and Venus
Between Saturn and Neptune
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Planet with the fastest wind speeds in the solar system.
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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What constellation is this?
Pegasus
Ursa Major
Cepheus
Cassiopeia
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Name the constellation
Ursa Major
Orion
Scorpius
Cygnus
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The point above a stargazers head (straight up) is known as the ___________________.
Zenith
Horizon
Atmosphere
Planisphere
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Where the sky meets the land (looking straight ahead).
Zenith
Horizon
Atmosphere
Planisphere
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Why can only the people under the Umbra see a total solar eclipse?
They are the only people having the correct moon phase.
They are the only people included in the Sun-Moon, Earth straight line.
They are the only people on the space station.
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The less-dark, lighter shadow seen during an eclipse is called the __________________.
Penumbra
Umbra
Ecliptic
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Which moon phase is this?
New Moon
Waxing Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
Waning Crescent
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When the moon is "waxing", the ______________ side is the bright side.
Right
Left
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True or False: a half moon shape is called a "quarter moon because it really means the phases are 1/4 or 3/4 finished.
True
False
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Which is the greater cause of tides on the Earth?
The Sun
The Moon
Jupiter
Mars
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Which of these is the correct reason for there being TWO high tides a day?
The Sun pulls on the Moon
The Moon pulls on the Earth in 2 different spots
Earth pulls back on the Moon
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What happens in the northern hemisphere when the sun is tilted away from Earth?
summer
winter
spring
fall
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What are planets outside our solar system officially called?
Ecoplanets
Exoplanets
Alien Worlds
Exoworlds
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What is this method of spotting exoplanets called?
Wobble Method
Transit Method
Gravity Lensing
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Name the moon phaseWaning CrescentLast Quarter or (third quarter)New MoonFull Moon
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Name the moon phasewaning crescentwaxing crescentwaning gibbouswaxing gibbous
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5. Identify the phase of the moon that is shown
waning gibbous
new moon
third quarter
waxing crescent
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The gasses that envelope / surround a planet
Orbits
Rotations
Atmospheres
Revolutions
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Each of these colored lines is a(n)
rotation
orbit
revolution
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The motion of each of these object is showing its
rotation
orbit
revolution
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What is the real reason for the seasons?
Earth's tilt
Earth's rotation
Earth's revolution
Earth gets closer or further from the Sun
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What type of tide would this alignment create?
neap tidespring tide - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.
What is seen in this picture?
The Umbra
The Penumbra
Neap Tides
Spring Tides
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Name the Constellation
Orion
Cassiopeia
Ursa Major
Cepheus
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The longest or shortest days of the year are called
Solstice
Equinox
Vernal Dates
Autumnal Dates