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FOSS Planetary Science Review
FOSS Planetary Science Review
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planets, galaxy, solar system
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If the diameter of earth is 12,000 km and the S.F is 1/1,000 whats the scaled diameter?
2400cm
120cm
12cm
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Which is larger?
universe
solar system
galaxy
3
How long does it take Earth to make one revolution?
1 week
365 days
1 month
24 hours
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Which is most likely the diameter of the Milky Way?
100,000 ly
25,000 ly
0.4 AU
39.13 AU
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What is the temperature like on planets with a thick atmosphere?
really war nights and really cold days
really cold nights and really warm days
temperatures stay the same
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Why is it difficult to find craters on Earth?
because we blow them up.
because we never get hit with asteroids
because our atmosphere weathers and changes the surface
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What creates the seasons?
how close the earth is to the sun
which direction the axis is pointing in relation to the sun
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How long does it take the moon to revolve around Earth?
About 28 days
about 12 hours
about 365 days
about 24 hours
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Which theory best describes how the moon formed?
Daughter Theory
Impact theory
Sisters Theory
Capture theory
10
Which item cannot be found in our solar system?
planet
nebula
moon
star
11
If we scale the moon's diameter to 3 cm and it's actually 3000 km, what's the scaling factor?
1/10
1/300,000
1/1000
1/10,000,000
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what causes day and night on Earth?
Earth's revolotion
Earth's rotation
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Which exoplanet has the thickest atmosphere?
the third one
none of them have an atmosphere
the first one
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What is the temperature like on a planet with NO atmosphere?
really hot days and really cold nights
same temperature all the time
really cold days and really hot nights
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Have we ever sent people to Mars?
no
yes
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What is the moon's ratio compared to Earth?
1/4
1/5
1/8
1/10
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When is water a liquid?
below 0 degrees celcius
above 100 degrees celcius
above 0 degrees celcius
below 100 degrees celcius
