ASTRONOMY TEST

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1.What is the name of the planet labeled number 9 that is rotating on its side?

a / Earth
b / Jupiter.
c / Saturn.
d / Uranus.

2. What planet is labeled 6?

a. / Earth
b. / Jupiter.
c. / Saturn.
d. / Uranus.

3.Which planet has the dwarf planetPluto cross its orbit during it revolution?

a. / Earth
b. / Jupiter.
c. / Saturn.
d. / Neptune

4.What is the correct order of the planets out from the sun?

a. / Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune.
b. / Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
c. / Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury
d. / Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Mercury

5.Where is theasteroid belt located?

a. / between Earth and Mars.
b. / between Mars and Jupiter.
c. / between Jupiter and Saturn.
d. / between Saturn and Uranus.

6.In a heliocentric system, what does the Earth revolves around?

a. / Mars.
b. / the stars.
c. / the moon.
d. / the sun.

7. What do all of the inner planets have in common?

A. / They all have rings.
B. / They all have abundant liquid water.
C. / They all have many moons.
D. / They all are small and have rocky surfaces.

8.Why can theatmospheres of the gas giant planets NOT escape into space?

a. / the gases are too heavy.
b. / the gases solidify at higher elevations.
c. / the planets have very strong gravitational pulls.
d. / although they are big, the planets have little mass.

10. What is distinctive about Jupiter?

A / axis of rotation is tilted 90 degrees.
B / The planet is smaller and denser than the other outer planets.
C / Jupiter has the most spectacular rings.
D / Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet.

11. What are the main similarities betweenVenus and Earth?

A / their size and density.
B / their rates of rotation.
C / their atmospheres.
D / their direction of rotation.

12. What are Saturn’s rings are mostly made up of?

a. / nitrogen and helium.
b. / ice and water vapor.
c. / volcanic dust particles.
d. / chunks of ice and rock.

13.What is made of ice, dust and gas, orbits the sun and are mostly found in the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt?

  1. Comets
  2. Asteroids
  3. Meteors
  4. Stars

14. Which of the following is made of rock and or metal and are found in the asteroid belt?

  1. Comets
  2. Asteroids
  3. Meteors
  4. Stars

15. Which of the following appear as a streak in the night sky and are often called “Shooting Stars”?

  1. Comets
  2. Asteroids
  3. Meteors
  4. Stars

16. What are natural satellites of the sun in our solar system?

a. planets

b. other stars

c. manmade satellites for transmitting information

d. other solar systems

17. How do scientists use instruments such as telescopes and satellites to observe the moon and planets?

a. scientist use these tools to gather information only on nights when it is clear.

b. scientists use these tools to see beyond our atmosphere and collect data in far reaches of outer space where we have not traveled.

c. scientists can only use these tools if they know they can discover a new planet.

d. scientists do not use these tools to collect data about objects in outer space.

18. There are a few common parts, which all manmade satellites have in common for basic functions. These are:

a. solar panels, radio equipment, space monkeys, people

b. solar panels, radio equipment, onboard computers, attitude control system

c. solar panels, radio equipment, astronauts, onboard computers

d. solar panels, radio equipment, calculators, space monkeys

19.What is area A?

a. / corona
b. / chromosphere
c. / photosphere
d. / Flares

20.What are the dark objects in area D?

a. / Corona
b. / Sunspots
c. / Chromosphere
d. / Flares

21.What is area E?

a. / chromosphere
b. / Corona
c. / Photosphere
d. / Prominences

22.Which parts of the sun’s atmosphere become visible during an eclipse?

a. / photosphere and corona
b. / chromosphere and corona
c. / photosphere and chromosphere
d. / prominences and flares

23.How is the sun’s energy produces?

a. / attracting forces of gravity
b. / nuclear fission
c. / burning fuels such as oil
d. / nuclear fusion

24. Why do scientists use computers to help them understand the solar system?

a. only because using computers makes their work really easy

b. scientists can only understand information that computers show them

c. scientists use computers to gather data, operate space probes and make predictions based on the data they gather

d. scientists use computers only to control satellites in space

25.Satellites can be used to gather data on:

a. weather, GPS and to gather deep space images

b. number of people living in a house, number of pets they own

c. what people purchase in stores

d. only information on objects in deep space

26. Which of the following is a

statement of opinion?

a Astronomers were concerned

about the effects of the space

mirror.

b Outer space should belong to all

of humanity.

c The experiment failed because the

mirror could not unfold.

d Russia was planning to place

many more mirrors in orbit.

27. What can you infer about the

location of Siberia?

a It is near the equator.

b It is closer to the equator than it

is to the North Pole.

c It is closer to the North Pole than

it is to the equator.

d It is the same distance from the

equator as it is from the North

Pole.

28. How are objects in space affected by gravity?

a. objects in space are not affected by gravity

b. objects in space are only affected by gravity if they are as big as our Earth

c. the greater mass an object has, the greater the force of gravity on the object

d. all of the above

29. What objects in space are not affected by gravity?

a. stars

b. planets

c. asteroids

d. all objects in space are affected by gravity