A hypothesis supported by repeated testing

What was done to the spacecraft Galileo to eliminate any risk of contaminating Jupiter's moons?

Plunged into Jupiter to destroy itself

What is a perihelion?

Closest distance a planet is to the Sun during it's orbit

Why is Neptune invisible to the naked eye?

Because of the great distance from the Sun

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2018-2018 School Year Astronomy Test

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1
About how thick is the atmosphere of Venus?
150 kilometers
150 miles
250 miles
250 kilometers
2
What is the planet we know the best?
Mercury
Europa
Earth
Mars
3
If you were to put Saturn in a body of water, what would happen?
Float
Collapse
Expand
Explode
4
What is found in 65 million year old rock layers on Earth?
Sandstone
Iridium
Kryptonite
Granite
5
What percentage of Venus is covered in clouds?
85
90
100
95
6
What is the belief that planets & stars can determine your future?
Astronomy
Horiscopology
Astrology
Planetology
7
What is the name of the largest impact basin on the surface of Mercury?
Discovery Rupes
Brahms Crater
Caloris Basin
Crayola Basin
8
What is it called when two stars are touching each other?
Continual Globular Cluster
Contact Super System
Continuous Binary System
Contact Binary System
9
What is a theory?
A fact supported by repeated testing
A hypothesis supported by many people
A law supported by repeated testing
A hypothesis supported by repeated testing
10
What is the conventional color of a star that has a temperature of 5,300 K?
Yellow
Orange
Yellowish White
White
11
How many missions have been to Mercury?
4
2
3
None
12
What is the 4th planet from the Sun?
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth
13
How many Charon's could fit inside Pluto?
1
4
2
3
14
Who first correctly stated the Earth was not flat?
Socrates
Hubble
Aristotle
Hershel
15
What was done to the spacecraft Galileo to eliminate any risk of contaminating Jupiter's moons?
Exploded on the surface of Phobos
Plunged into Jupiter to destroy itself
Returned to Earth
Softly landed on the surface of Jupiter for later research
16
How long does it take for sunlight to travel to Uranus?
3.1 hours
1 hour, 40 minutes
2 hours, 40 minutes
4.1 hours
17
What was the first animal in space?
Chimp
Snake
Dog
Rat
18
What is the name of the US President who challenged America to go to the Moon?
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
Harry Truman
19
Jupiter is 5 times farther from the Sun than what other planet?
Mars
Mercury
Earth
Venus
20
What is a small distinct group of stars called?
Galaxies
Constellations
Asterisms
Open Cluster
21
What kind of orbit do Martian moons have?
Synchronous
Elliptical
Lunar
Planetary
22
What is the largest rover currently on Mars?
Sojourner
Opportunity
Spirit
Curiosity
23
What year was Pluto discovered?
1930
1610
1925
1846
24
What planet is similar to Saturn?
Alderan
Jupiter
Tatoine
Romulus
25
When did the final bits of data from New Horizons finally reach Earth?
July 2017
October 2016
July 2016
October 2015
26
What is a perihelion?
Farthest distance a planet is to the Sun during it's orbit
Closest distance a planet is to the Sun during it's orbit
The planet's slowest speed during it's orbit
The planet's fastest speed during it's orbit
27
About how many miles across is the Cassini Division?
3,000
4,000
1,000
2,000
28
What are the discolored lines on Europa?
Lineae
Frozen Rivers
Linus
Flight lines
29
The greater the mass of an object, the greater its:
Gravity
Weight
Force
Ellipse
30
What is the temperature of a Class G star?
6,000 - 7,500 K
7,500 - 10,000 K
5,200 - 6,000 K
3,700 - 5,200 K
31
Which of Jupiter's Galilean Moons has its own magnetic field?
Ganymede
Io
Europa
Callisto
32
When did New Horizons fly past Pluto?
July 2015
June 2015
July 2016
June 2016
33
Uranus is slightly larger than what other planet?
Neptune
Jupiter
Sun
Saturn
34
Which planet was named after the Roman God of the Sea?
Neptune
Uranus
Pluto
Saturn
35
Which spacecraft's main goal is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter?
New Horizons
Galileo
Juno
Julio
36
What is the only spacecraft to visit Neptune?
Juno
New Horizons
Voyager 2
Cassini
37
How long is a day on Saturn?
9.69 hours
10.66 hours
9.96 hours
10.33 hours
38
What spacecraft first crossed the asteroid belt and took the first close pictures of Jupiter?
Pioneer 10 & 11
Apollo 11 & 13
Spirit and Curiosity
Mariner 9 & 19
39
Which spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016?
Apollo 11
Mariner
Juno
Galileo
40
Why is Neptune invisible to the naked eye?
Because it is shy and does not like to be social
Uranus blocks the view
Because of the great distance from the Sun
It does not really exist
41
The life cycle of a star is relative to what?
Mass
Color
Number of orbiting planets
Distance
42
What is a named pattern of stars called?
Galaxies
Super Nova
Constellations
Asterisms
43
Titan's atmosphere is made of what gas?
Hydrogen
Methane
Nitrogen
Oxygen
44
Besides heat, what else does Jupiter produce?
Iridium Particle Waves
Plasma Waves
Deflector Waves
Radio Waves
45
What is the name of the only space shuttle that never went into space?
Challenger
Discovery
Atlantis
Enterprise
46
What is the name of the Space Shuttle that was lost on January 28, 1986?
Discovery
Challenger
Enterprise
Columbia
47
What light waves is a small sliver of the spectrum that the human eye can detect?
Microwave
Visible
X-Ray
Ultraviolet
48
What is the name of America's first space station?
Mir
International Space Station
Apollo
Skylab
49
All weather happens in which layer of the Earth's atmosphere?
Exosphere
Troposphere
Asthenosphere
Stratosphere
50
What is it called when a light source is moving away and the light waves appear longer?
Blue Shift
Red Shift
Red Waves
Blue Waves
51
How many rings have astronomers currently discovered around Saturn?
9
17
13
6
52
Who was the first American in space?
Sally Ride
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
53
What is a binary system consisting of a giant star orbited by a white dwarf?
Nova
Falcon
Super Bird
El Camino
54
After flying by Saturn, which spacecraft went on to visit Uranus and Neptune?
Mariner 2
Voyager 2
New Horizons
Juno
55
What would be the class of a star that has an apparent color of white?
A
F
B
G
56
Luminosity can be calculated over which wavelengths?
None
30 - 75 MHz
All
20-50 Hz
57
What is the name of the Space Shuttle that was launched after the Challenger explosion?
Enterprise
Discovery
Columbia
Atlantis
58
Earth has two types of crust:
Oceanic and Continental
Mountainous and Oceanic
Oceanic and Divergent
Constructive and Destructive
59
Why is Uranus and ice giant?
Hydrogen, nitrogen and helium are frozen so far from the Sun
Rings of Uranus blocks the Sun's rays
Water, ammonia and methane are frozen so far from the Sun
Saturn absorbs sunlight that would normally travel to Uranus
60
If the Earth was the size of a nickel, how big would Neptune be?
Softball
Volleyball
Baseball
Basketball
61
Open clusters are often the site of what?
Stars colliding
Orbiting moons
New star evolution
Dwarf planets
62
During what month is the Earth closest to the Sun?
January
July
August
February
63
Mars is occupied solely by:
Arctic Gorillas
Robots
Martians
Plants
64
Pluto orbits in what part of space?
Trappist 1
Kuiper Belt
Ort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
65
Who first observed Jupiter's moons with his early telescope?
Galileo
Aristotle
Copernicus
Hubble
66
Today, constellations are used to locate what in the night sky?
Aliens
Different Regions
Satellites
Animals
67
Which of Earth's animal kingdoms contain multi cellular organisms that get energy from the sun?
Fungi
Protists
Animals
Plants
68
What is the force of attraction between all objects in the universe?
Magnetism
Atomic Shells
Attraction
Gravity
69
How was Neptune first predicted to be a planet?
Roll of the dice
Mathematical calculations
Nostradamus
Something seemed to be missing during a planetary alignment
70
In a star, what is the one thing that counter balances internal gas pressure?
Gravity
Coronal flares
Ion particles
Solar magnetism
71
What is an educated guess?
Hypothesis
Fact
Law
Theory
72
Which planet is less dense than Uranus?
Neptune
Saturn
Krypton
Jupiter
73
Lunar phases begin and end with:
Half Moon
New Moon
Old Moon
Full Moon
74
Who named Pluto?
12 year old girl from New England
10 year old boy from New Hampshire
11 year old girl from England
10 year old boy from England
75
Mars was named after:
Roman Goddess of Love
Roman God of War
Russian Bear
Russian God of War
76
What model illustrates the Earth is the center of the Universe?
Astronomical Model
Geocentric
Copernican Revolution
Heliocentric
77
What is the study of Space?
Astrology
Spaceology
Astronomy
Radiology
78
Which spacecraft first returned time-lapsed movies of Jupiter's clouds and Giant Red Spot?
Viking 1 & 2
Voyager 1 & 2
Mariner 9 & 19
Pioneer 10 & 11
79
What country has landed spacecraft on Venus?
New Zealand
Russia/USSR
Japan
South Africa
80
What is a theory that has withstood the test of time?
Hypothesis
Guess
Law
Fact
81
What is the average distance the Earth is from the Sun?
3.6 billion miles
238,000 miles
3.14 AU
93 million miles
82
Which of Saturn's moons has become a lead in the search for worlds where life could exist?
Enceladus
Phobos
Europa
Titania
83
What planet is similar in size to Earth?
Moon
Romulus
Mercury
Venus
84
What is the main gas in Saturn's atmosphere?
Argon
Oxygen
Methane
Hydrogen
85
How long does sunlight take to travel to Neptune?
2 hrs, 40 min
8 minutes
4.1 hrs
Sunlight does not reach Neptune
86
What is the 5th planet from the Sun?
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
87
Where do most stars lie on the H-R Diagram?
Main Sequence
Main Solitude
Along the bottom
Bottom Left
88
Dropping a rock off the tallest cliff in the solar system, would take how long to hit the base?
10 days
10 hours
10 minutes
10 seconds
89
What is the type of rocket that propelled the missions to the Moon?
Space Shuttle
Atlas V
Titan IV
Saturn V
90
What caused the surface of Jupiter's moon of Callisto to darken?
Sun spots
Solar radiation
Methane lakes
Gravitational influences
91
What is the distance between one wave and another?
Wave Space
Altitude
Wavelength
Amplitude
92
NASA has a three-step plan to get to Mars. The Earth Independent plan consists of:
Activities that enable human missions to the Mars vicinity
Exploration on research aboard the ISS
Learning space operations allowing crews to return in days
Operating in the space around the Moon
93
Stellar nuclear reactions consist of converting what two elements?
Oxygen and Helium
Helium and Hydrogen
Methane and Helium
Nitrogen and Argon
94
What is the distance light can travel in one Earth year?
Light Speed
Parsec
Astronomical Unit
Light Year
95
Who first separated white light by using a prism?
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
William Herschel
Isaac Newton
96
If most craters on Earth have been eroded, how do we know if a crater existed?
Dinosaurs kept good records
Water sample evaluations
Plants tell the story
Rocks tell the story
97
If Earth was the size of a nickel, how big would Uranus be?
Baseball
Softball
Bowling Ball
Football
98
How far is Charon from Pluto?
1,220 miles
122,000 miles
120,200 miles
12,200 miles
99
About how big is a light year?
6 trillion km
6 million miles
6 trillion miles
6 million km
100
Who is the current commander of the ISS?
Mark Whatney
Peggy Witson
Joe Cocker
Major Tom

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