Cathedral High School Academic Quiz Bowl Science Test
Attention:
1.Please write your name and school on your answer sheet.
2.Please write Science in the Subject space.
Directions: Choose the best answer for each of the following multiple choice questions
and darken the appropriate space on the scantron answer sheet. You will receive 1 point for each correct answer. The highest, second highest, and third highest score will receive a bonus of 20, 10, and 5 points
respectively.
Good Luck!
1. The layer of gas that surrounds a planet is called:
a. The aurora
b. The atmosphere
c. Dark Energy
d. Lithosphere
2. Perihelion
a. The point in the orbit of a planet, comet, or asteroid is closest to the Sun
b. The point in the orbit of a planet, comet, or asteroid is the farest to the Sun
c. A vehicle that is driven remotely on the surface of a planet
d. The passage of a planet or star in front of another, larger object
3. What is the largest object in our solar system?
a. The Sun
b. Jupiter
c. Saturn
d. Earth
4. Which of the following are considered to be the four inner planets of our solar system?
a. Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter
b. Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
c. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
d. lo, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
5. An object is space with such a strong gravitational pull that nothing, not even light, can escape it.
a. The Sun
b. Sunspot
c. Planisphere
d. Black Hole
6. A planet that is big enough to have become spherical but hasn’t managed to clear all the debris from its orbital path.
a. Neptune
b. Dwarf Planet
c. Titan
d. Mars
7. Our solar system is so big that distances are measured in astronomical units (AU). What is the approximate distance of one astronomical unit (AU)?
a. 3.0 x 108 meters
b. the diameter of the Sun
c. the average distance from the Earth to the Sun
d. the average distance from the north pole to the south pole
8. Between which planets is the asteroid belt located?
a. Mercury and Venus
b. Venus and Earth
c. Earth and Mar
d. Mar and Jupiter
9. Which planet rotates on its side while completing one revolution around its axis?
a. Earth
b. Uranus
c. Europa
d. Callisto
10. What is the shape of a plant’s orbit?
a. round
b. circular
c. an ellipse
d. Oval
11. How many planets are in our solar system?
a. 9
b. 7
c. 6
d. 8
12. Which of the following are considered to be the four gas giants of our solar system?
a. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
b. Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
c. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
d. Titan, Triton, Luna, and Deimos
13. Our Sun is made up of which two gases:
a. Carbon dioxide and methane
b. Hydrogen and Helium
c. Oxygen and Ozone
d. Argon and Xenon
14. The intense heat and pressure in the core of the Sun triggers which type of reaction?
a. nuclear fission
b. photosynthesis
c. nuclear fusion
d. nuclear decay
15. How long does it take the Sun’s energy to reach the Earth?
a. one day
b. a few seconds
c. the speed of light
d. eight minutes
16. Which planet is the smallest and closest to the Sun?
a. Mercury
b. Pluto
c. Mars
d. Venus
17. Which two planets are nearest neighbors to our planet Earth?
a. Mercury and Venus
b. Venus and Mars
c. Mars and Jupiter
d. Venus and Saturn
18. Which planet has clouds of sulfuric acid?
a. Mercury
b. Mars
c. Venus
d. Jupiter
19. On the planet Earth, which polar region contains an icy continent?
a. North Pole
b. the equator
c. Ice Land
d. South Pole
20. What creates the seasons on the planet Earth?
a. the weather
b. the tilting of the planet on its axis
c. the climate
d. the oceans
21. Which planet in our solar system has an atmosphere with the following approximate composition of gases: 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, and traces of Carbon Dioxide and other gases.
a. Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Earth
d. Saturn
22. All of the following are satellites, except for:
a. Luna
b. Earth
c. a comet
d. the Sun
23. During a total lunar eclipse:
a. the moon covers the Earth
b. the moon partially covers the Sun
c. a starburst is created
d. the Earth’s shadow covers the entire moon
24. The atmosphere of Mar is mostly made of which type of gas?
a. Oxygen
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Nitrogen
d. Carbon monoxide
25. The imaginary line around the center of a planet, halfway between its north and south poles.
a. date line
b. equator
c. Arctic circle
d. Antarctic circle
26. The force that pulls all objects that have mass and energy toward one another.
a. Dark Energy
b. Magnetic Field
c. Prominence
d. Gravity
27. Like our planet Earth that is tilted on its axis, which planet in our solar system also has four seasons?
a. Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Venus
d. Mercury
28. A process in which two atomic nuclei join to form a heavier nucleus and releases large amounts of energy
a. Nuclear Fission
b. Nuclear Fusion
c. Solar Flare
d. Main-Sequence Star
29. Charged particles from the Sun that reach the polar areas of Earth create spectacular light displays called?
a. Cation
b. Anion
c. Auroras
d. Corona
30. Which planet’s clouds are thought to consist of frozen ammonia crystals?
a. Neptune
b. Uranus
c. Saturn
d. Jupiter
31. A Light-Year is ______
a. The distance traveled by light in a vacuum in one year.
b. The time it takes light to travel to earth
c. Is the opposite of a Dark-Year
d. 3.0 x 108 km/hr
32. Which object in our solar system is the most volcanically active world?
a. Earth
b. Jupiter’s moon lo
c. The red planet
d. Earth’s moon Luna
33. Galilean moons, Jupiter’s four largest moons include which of the following:.
a. Phobos, Deimos, Toutatis, and Ceres
b. Titan, Rhea, Lapetus, and Dione
c. Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and lo
d. Triton, Proteus, Nereid, and Larissa
34. What is the second largest planet in our solar system?
a. Mars
b. Venus
c. Jupiter
d. Saturn
35. A collection of millions or trillions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity is called a. Asteroid Belt
b. Constellation
c. A Galaxy
d. Globular Cluster
36. Which ice giant rotates on its side?
a. Pluto
b. Neptune
c. Saturn
d. Uranus
37. Which material gives the planet Uranus its blue color?
a. Methane
b. Ethane
c. Carbon Dioxide
d. Nitrogen
38. ______is the outermost and coldest planet.
a. Pluto
b. Neptune
c. Mercury
d. Uranus
39 . The explosion that created the universe billions of years ago is called the _____.
a. Corona
B. Nebula
c. Neutrino
d. Big Bang
40. Which dwarf planet was once considered a planet?
a. Pluto
b. Titan
c. Triton
d. Phobos
41. A typical comet has two tails, a gas tail and a dust tail. Which tail points almost directly away from the sun?
a. the dust tail
b. neither
c. the gas tail
d. Both
42. Aphelion is best described as:
a.The point in the orbit of a planet, comet, or asteroid at which it is closest to thesun.
b. the period when the moon, phelion is not visible
c. When an object orbits another object smaller than itself
d. The point in the orbit of a planet, comet, or asteroid at which it is farthest from the sun.
43. Which object contains more than 99% of the total mass of our solar system?
a. The milky way
b. The Sun
c. Jupiter
d. Saturn
44. Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
a. Jupiter
b. the sun
c. Saturn
d. Earth
45. A spherical object that orbits a star and is sufficiently massive to have cleared its orbital path of debris is called a _____.
a. planet
b. an umbra
c. neutron star
D. globular cluster
46. On the planet Earth, which polar region contains an icy ocean?
a. North Pole
b. South Pole
c. Equator
d. Polar ice caps
47. What happens during a solar eclipse:
a. the moon only partially covers the sun
B. the earth blocks out the light from the sun
c. the earth partially covers the moon
d. the sun is completely covered by the earth
48. What are the rings of Saturn made of?
a. ice
b. gases
c. debris
d. charged particles
49. Titan, the second largest moon in our solar system, orbits which of the following planets?
a. Earth
b. Saturn
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
50. Which planet was located using mathematics rather than observations?
a. Uranus
b. Pluto
c. Neptune
d. Saturn