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CC Astronomy #18-22
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1
Neptune's color is described as a deep rich...
cyan
turquoise
azure
blue
2
The third region of icy objects, which starts roughly 300 billion km out, is called the Kuiper Belt
False
True
3
Who correctly interpreted the appearance of the rings surrounding Saturn?
Francis Bacon
Nicolaus Copernicus
Issac Newton
Christiaan Huygens
4
To distinguish it from the gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus is called...
a water ice giant
A rock giant
an ice giant
A gas giant
5
What was the first Kuiper Belt object to be discovered?
Plutinos
Comets
Pluto
Charon
6
The solid part of a comet looks like a mitochondria
True
False
7
Asteroids that sit at Lagrange points of planets are called...
Ceres asteroids
Vesta asteroids
asteroids...?
Trojan asteroids
8
Which molecule is really good at absorbing red light, making Uranus look distinctly cyan?
hydrogen sulfide
sulfur
ammonia
methane
9
Which European mission studied a young comet that looked like a, "cosmic rubber ducky"?
Rosacia
Ophelia
Rosetta
Hale-Bopp
10
In the past, because comets look fuzzy, they've been called...
hairy-stars
dirty snowballs
harry-styles
sublimation
11
Cleopatra, a weird dog-bone shaped rock has _____ moons
6
8
4
2
12
Which of Saturn's moons is bigger than Mercury?
Cassini
Titan
Huygens
Mimas
13
So many asteroids orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter that this region is called...
Lagrange point
The belt
silicaceous
The main belt
14
Saturn's rings are composed of ______
liquid water
water ice
ice
hard rock and ice
15
The process of ice turning directly into gas is called...
nucleus
sublimation
inhomogeneous
ionized
16
The Oort Cloud is the origin of...
the scattered disk
plutinos
long period comets
short period comets
17
Saturn spins really quickly, completing a day in just _____ hours
10.5
8.5
7.5
9.5
18
How many more known rings does Uranus have?
25
13
3
17
19
How many MAIN rings does Saturn have?
6
7
12
3
20
Small bodies in the region of the Kuiper Belt and in resonance with Neptune are called
Charonions
parabolic
scattered disks
Plutinos
21
The word 'asteroid' literally means...
asteroid?
star-like
silicaceous
flaming rock
22
What is gaseous cloud around a comet called?
coma
inhomogeneous
ionized
nucleus
23
Comets lose material when they get near...
the Kuiper Belt
the Sun
the stars
Neptune
24
originally named after a king, Uranus is now named after...
An Egyptian god
A Greek god
A Roman god
A Norse god
25
When gas molecules emitted by a comet lose electrons, they are said to be...
ionized
coma
sublimational
inhomogeneous
26
The moons of Uranus are named after?
At random
Characters in Christopher Marlow plays
Characters in Shakespeare plays
Artists from ancient history
27
Saturn's rings are given lettered names in order of...
c, b, a
a, b, c
chronological order
their discovery
