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FINAL EXAM REVIEW Solar System and other Heavenly bodies
FINAL EXAM REVIEW Solar System and other Heavenly bodies
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The term Jovian is derived from what planet?
Uranus
Mars
Giant
Jupiter
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What is the Orbital period of Moon?
30 Days
28 Day
27 Days
29 Days
3
Which among the classifications of galaxies is incorrect?
elliptical
irregular
radical
Spiral
4
The largest known stars by radius.
Uy Scuti
Arcturus
Pollux
Rigel
5
Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System.
False
True
6
Who reinvented a classification of galaxies and grouped them into 6 classes?
Edwin Hubble
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
George Lemaitre
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What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky Way
Small Magellanic Cloud
Andromeda
Large Magellanic Cloud
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What is the hottest planet called?
Red
Mercury
Venus
Blue
9
What is the name of the
red supergiant star
?
Betelgeuse
VY Canis Majoris
Antares
Uy Scuti
10
Where does the sun’s energy comes from?
power fusion
nuclear fusion
nuclear bomb
nuclear energy
11
The _________ surface is covered in dust and rocky debris from meteor impacts. It has no water or atmosphere.
earth
mars
sun
moon
12
What is the natural satellite of the Earth called?
Andromeda
Moon
Star
Venus
13
What is that piece of rock in space that often gets into the earth atmosphere called?
asteroid
eclipse
comet
meteoroid
14
The first planet discovered in the modern age.
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
15
Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets are usually considered space __________.
waste
jewel
diamonds
rocks
16
This planet has no moons and takes 225 days to complete an orbit.
Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury
17
7th-brightest star in the heavens, and the 5th-brightest as viewed from North America.
Betelgeuse
Arcturus
Rigel
Antares
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What is the only star in the solar system?
Sun
Proxima Centuari
Alpha Proxima Centuari
Sirius
19
What is the outer part of the layer of the sun.
convection zone
radiative zone
core
corona
20
How many layers of atmosphere does Earth have?
7
4
5
6
21
What is in between Mars and Jupiter?
Orion Belt
Levi's Belt
Meteoroid Belt
Asteroids Belt
22
What is another name for the inner planets?
all of the above
rocky planets
small rocky planets
terrestrial planets
23
Which planet is known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star?
Mercury
Venus
Neptune
Mars
24
Dirty snow ball is ______________.
Ice rock
Asteroids
Meteoroid
Comet
25
What planet that has a fluctuating temperature in the solar system?
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth
26
The most distant planet from the Sun.
Pluto
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
27
Which planet has the most volcanoes?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
28
The Red planet is the 5th planet from the sun.
True
False
29
The star named Rigel is categorized as blue supergiant star.
False
True
30
Which of the 2 inner planets do not have moons?
Mars
Venus and Mars
Venus and Mercury
Mars and Mercury
31
What planet that takes about 12 years to orbit the sun?
Earth
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
32
What planet that has 21 known moons and takes 84 years to complete one orbit.
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
33
A year on this planet lasts 165 Earth years.
Pluto
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
34
What is the nearest star in our solar system?
Sirius
Alpha Centauri
Proxima Centauri
Sun
35
What does I.A.U. stands for?
Internal Astronomical Union
International Astronomical Union
International Astronau
International Astronomy Union
36
The sixth
planet
from the Sun and the second largest
planet
in our solar system. Adorned with system of icy rings.
Uranus
Saturn
Satorn
Jupiter
37
What is the nearest galaxy in our Milky Way?
Andromeda
Milky way
none of the above
Orion
38
When Pluto was in the list of the planets of our solar system, how many planets there were all in all?
7
10
8
9
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What is the brightest object in the sky?
Venus
Meteor
Moon
Sun
40
Neptune is rotating clockwise.
True
False
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Which terrestrial planet with two moons?
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars