In 1610 Galileo developed a...

telescope powerful enough to identify moons orbiting Jupiter

What are ring systems made of?

dust, chunks of ice and sometimes small moons

What is the Kuiper Belt?

A large asteroid belt that sits in the Outer Solar System

Polish astronomer Copernicus proposed ...

in 1543 that the Earth travelled around the sun once a year, that the Earth rotates on its axis once daily

Uranus and Neptune are Gas and Ice giants because...

they are mainly composed of gases and ice

What have we not learnt from the Hubble Telescope?

That Mars has a large mountain called Olympus

Which planets are 'terrestrial' ?

The 4 planets closest to the Sun

Which is not a job of the Hubble Telescope?

Launch rockets into the Milky Way

Aristotle stated the planets and stars surrounded Earth, Aristotle described the Earth as the centre of the universe

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1
If Earth is 150 million kilometres from the sun, how far must Mars be from the sun?
58 milllion km
228 million km
27 million km
999 million km
2
In 1610 Galileo developed a...
calendar showing 365 and a quarter days
Hubble telescope
set of binoculars to see Venus
telescope powerful enough to identify moons orbiting Jupiter
3
What are ring systems made of?
dust, chunks of ice and sometimes small moons
carbon dioxide and oxygen combined
gas
string
4
1908 George Hale built the most important telescope to date in which country?
Russia
Italy
U.S.A
Australia
5
Which planet takes 88 days to orbit the Sun?
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
6
What is the Kuiper Belt?
A large asteroid belt that sits in the Outer Solar System
A belt worn by Mr Kuiper
Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter
A dwarf planet
7
Polish astronomer Copernicus proposed ...
in 1080 created an accurate calendar
in 1543 that the Earth travelled around the sun once a year
that the Sun rotates on its axis every 24 hours
that the Earth rotates on its axis once daily
8
Which planet has a day length of approximately 10 hours?
Saturn
Venus
Neptune
Jupiter
9
Uranus and Neptune are Gas and Ice giants because...
they are mainly composed of gases and ice
they are the two furtherest planets from the sun
they are terrestrial
they are really ridiculously big
10
The smallest planet is ...
Mercury
Makemake
Pluto
Ceres
11
What have we not learnt from the Hubble Telescope?
Galaxies are moving away from the Solar System
That Mars has a large mountain called Olympus
How stars are born and how they die
A blackhole is at the centre of most galaxies
12
Which planets are 'terrestrial' ?
The 4 planets closest to the Sun
All of them
Neptune and Ceres
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Neptune
13
Which is not a job of the Hubble Telescope?
Help us understand the origins of the universe
Launch rockets into the Milky Way
Allow observers and scientists to study the universe
Take pictures of other planets, stars and galaxies
14
What is the hottest planet?
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
15
In 400BC ....
Aristotle stated the planets and stars surrounded Earth
Polynesian people navigated the oceans
Aristotle described the Earth as the centre of the universe
Khayyam invented the calendar

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