stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Ms. Ramirez Astronomy Final Quiz Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Ms. Ramirez Astronomy Final Quiz
Ms. Ramirez Astronomy Final Quiz
27 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
3 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
27 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
27
Answers
1
Earth's sister planet
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
2
What keeps the planets moving around the sun?
Magnetic Force
Nuclear FOrce
Centrifugal FOrce
Gravitational Force
3
Difference between Asteroid and Meteoroid
Nothing they are the same
Meteors are bigger
Asteroids are bigger
Asteroids are made of ice
4
What is Neptune named after
A character in Shakespears plays
the Roman god of the sea
The pretty princess in a Shakespear novel
Stars wars characters
5
Which planet is an inner planet?
Earth
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
6
Which moon has has dark cracks called "tiger stripes" which are evidence of geological activity
Enceladus
Saturn
Io
Titania
7
What does the heliocentric model believe?
The moon is at the center of the Solar System
Mars is at the center of the Solar system
The Sun is at the center of the Solar system
The Earth is at the center of the solar system
8
What is Mars mainly composed of
Carbon dioxide
Helium
Hydrogen
Water
9
What phase is this: the moon is between the Earth and the sun in its orbit, the moon is only lit on it's other side
New Moon
Waxing Gibbous
Full moon
Crescent
10
Which moon is the largest?
Gangymede
Saturn
Io
Europa
11
What is the first step in the life of a star
Nebula
main sequence
Supernova
white dwarf
12
What theory explains how the universe began
The sun theory
The Big Explosion theory
The Shakespeare theory
The Big Bang Theory
13
What are the inner planets mainly made of?
Rock
Ice
Water
Gas
14
What part of the sun makes energy through fusion
core
photosphere
corona
chromosphere
15
Solar Wind
Electrically charged particles that come out of comets
Particles that come out of mars
Particles sent out of the Core
Electrically charged particles sent out of the corona
16
What does the gravitational force formula describe
As the space between objects increases gravity gets weaker
Force of light
Distance of planets
Orbital Speed
17
What is it called when a planet seems to move backwards in the sky
Orbiting
Retrograde cycles
Forward motion
Retrograde Rotation
18
Which model puts Earth at the center of everything?
Heliocentric
Lunar
Solar
Geocentric
19
What are sunspots
Explosions on the sun
Holes in the sun
Dark, cooler areas of the sun
Hot areas
20
Which moon phase occurs when the Earth is between the sun and the moon?
Full moon
First Quarter
New Moon
Waxing Crescent
21
What are asteroids
Big pieces of ice
Earth's shadow
Clouds of gas and dust that combine
Small bodies of rock in space
22
What is a asteroid
A small bodies that are in orbit around the sun made of rock and metal
an object in space that orbits earth
a meteor that survives and hits earth
A shooting Star
23
What are the names of Mars' two small moons?
Mars and Saturn
Luna and Mini
Phobos and Deimons
Io and Europa
24
What is a meteor called if it survives and hits the Earth's surface?
Asteroid
Comet
Shooting Star
Meteorite
25
What is the outermost layer of the sun called?
Chromosphere
Core
Corona
Radiative zone
26
Which planet is the smallest in diameter?
Mercury
Saturn
Earth
Venus
27
Which inner planet has no Moons
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Earth
