Honors Astronomy Solar System Unit Test
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The smaller objects in the solar system made of rock and metal (most of which orbit between Jupiter and Mars) are called:
comets
satellites
Titius-Bode objects
asteroids
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
A comet forms a meteor shower when
3.
REORDER QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Rank the planets from smallest to largest in diameter
Mars
Venus<Earth
Mercury
Neptune<Uranus
Saturn<Jupiter
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The gas giants in our solar system are:
Mercury and Venus
Jupiter and Saturn
Earth and Mars
Uranus and Neptune
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The only planet in our solar system known to support life is:
Mars
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Astronomers believe that Jupiter’s strong magnetic field is caused by
a core of molten iron and nickel
electric charges from the moon Io
a huge layer of metallic hydrogen inside Jupiter
the circulation of large reddish storms containing magnetic ammonia crystals
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The large reservoir of comet nuclei far beyond Pluto, from which we believe new long-period comets come into the inner solar system, is called:
the Lowell reservoir
the Oort Cloud
the Kohoutek Cloud
the Alvarez belt
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