SES 4U Planets/Solar System Review

Question 1

Neptune was the first planet to

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be discovered by mathematical calculations

Question 2

Which of the following waves can penetrate the Earth's Atmosphere?

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Radio

Question 3

This feature of Saturn is very distinctive, and was once thought to be three moons!

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rings

Question 4

The James Webb Space Telescope collects what wavelengths?

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Infrared

Question 5

The largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede, belongs to which planet?

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Jupiter

Question 6

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are grouped together as the...

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outer planets

Question 7

NEAR studies

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asteroids

Question 8

The major landforms on Venus are its two...

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highland areas

Question 9

The first planet from the sun is this cute little red guy.

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Mercury

Question 10

What gives Uranus its bright blue color?

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methane gas

Question 11

Jupiter's three small rings came from what?

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blown up moons

Question 12

The inner planets and the outer planets are separated by THIS feature!

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asteroid belt

Question 13

You know you have left the Solar System when you enter....

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Interstellar Medium

Question 14

Mars is red because of what element?

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iron

Question 15

WMAP is

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examines microwave radiation, helped prove the Big Bang Theory

Question 16

Mercury has scorching days and frigid nights because

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it has no atmosphere

Question 17

Auroras are

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when atoms get excited and emit visible light, near poles bc the van Allen belts send the solar wind there, what happen when solar wind enters our atmosphere

Question 18

"Hot atoms rising, cooling and sinking" is the process that occurs in which layer of the Sun?

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Convective Zone

Question 19

This process produces

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positrons and neutrinos, helium, energy

Question 20

These telescopes can be combined to make really big telescopes on Earth

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Radio

Question 21

How are Mercury and Earth similar?

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have an iron core

Question 22

Venus is often called Earth's sister planet because of their similarities in...

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density, size, mass

Question 23

Pick the list arranged from longest to shortest wavelength

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Radio, Microwave, Visible, Gamma

Question 24

This process occurs in

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the core

Question 25

Solar wind is

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made of ionized atoms, travel close to the speed of light

Question 26

This planet is the 7th farthest from the sun and also has no solid surface.

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Uranus

Question 27

Voyager 1 & 2

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are now in interstellar space

Question 28

Pluto orbits in this area outside the solar system

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Kuiper belt

Question 29

The extent to which the solar wind reaches

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Heliopause

Question 30

Which layer is described as the surface of the Sun?

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Photosphere

Question 31

This process in the picture is called___________

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fission

Question 32

The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is located on what planet?

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Mars

Question 33

Sunspots are

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cool region caused by lots of magnetic activity

Question 34

The sun creates energy through what process?

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fusion

Question 35

Pick the list of the Sun Layers from the center outward that is in the correct order.

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Core,Radiative,Convective,Photosphere,Chromosphere,Corona

Question 36

There's something real weird about Uranus. What is it?

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it spins sideways

Question 37

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are grouped in what is called...

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inner planets

Question 38

This is where long period comets come from

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Oort Cloud

Question 39

What feature of Earth makes the four seasons possible?

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it's awesome, axis tilt

Question 40

Granulation occurs in which layer of the Sun?

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Photosphere

Question 41

This feature of Jupiter is MUCH stronger than Earth's!

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magnetic field, gravity

Question 42

Pluto is considered a dwarf planet because...

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it hasn't cleared its orbit

Question 43

Uranus is just weird. Other than its orbit, what else is weird about it?

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magnetic field is sideways

Question 44

Jupiter has one giant storm on it that has been around for 300 years. What's this storm called?

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Great Red Spot

Question 45

Name the hottest layer of the Sun

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Core

Question 46

What is the coolest layer of the Sun?

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Photosphere

Question 47

MOST

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provides information about stars, was made in Canada

Question 48

These sun features can screw up our satellite radio and TV if they're too big!

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solar flare

Question 49

A space probe

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is an unmanned spacecraft

Question 50

Earth is special because it's the only known planet to have WHAT.

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life

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