Stars/Solar systems/Quiz

Solar systems is a lecture about systems such as the one of Sol.

Picture dictionary

Solar System

The sun

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Moon

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

comet

asteroid belt

orbit

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Quiz

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1 Yes or No, Stars of spectral classes F and G, such as our sun, have color temperatures that make them look "greenish".

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	No

2 Complete the text:

With respect to Callisto, the cratered plains constitute most of the area and represent the lithosphere, a mixture of ice and material.

3 True or False, Mars may have suffered asteroid impacts.

	TRUE
	FALSE

4 Meteorites found on Earth may be from which of the following?

	Saturn
	Mercury
	the Moon
	the asteroid belt
	Jupiter
	Mars

5 True or False, A picture of planets beyond our solar system has been captured using a telescope with a modest-sized mirror.

	TRUE
	FALSE

6 Complete the text:

Match up the blue object with the possibilities below:

Sun - H

Mercury - I

Venus - J

Earth - K

Meteorite on Mars - L

Pallas - M

Comet Holmes - N

Europa - O

Io - P

Saturn - Q

Enceladus - R

Tethys - S

Titan - T

Neptune - U

Abell 370 - V

SN 1987A - W

Crab Nebula - X

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7 True or False, 2M1207b is a Jupiter-like planet, 5 times more massive than Jupiter.

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8 Which of the following is a phenomenon associated historically with Titania?

	Jupiter
	a large, trenchlike feature
	a relatively light surface
	few or no canyons and scarps
	very few impact craters
	helium ice

9 True or False, CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9 is the closest such object to the Solar System that does not orbit a star.

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	FALSE

10 Complete the text:

Match up the violet or violet containing image with the object letter:

Sun - A

Venus - B

Earth - C

Moon - D

Mars - E

Jupiter - F

Ganymede - G

Io - H

Saturn - I

Dione - J

Titan - K

Uranus - L

Ariel - M

Miranda - N

Triton - O

Eta Carinae - P

NGC 5584 - Q

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11 Which of the following are theoretical radiation astronomy phenomena associated with a planet?

	possible orbits
	a hyperbolic orbit
	nuclear fusion at its core
	nuclear fusion in its ionosphere
	near the barycenter of its stellar system
	accretion
	electric arcs
	impact craters

12 Complete the text:

Match up the object viewed in the ultraviolet with its image:

Sun's chromosphere- L

calcite - M

Venus - N

Jupiter's aurora - O

Jupiter - P

Io - Q

Saturn - R

Betelgeuse - S

Mira - T

LAB-1 - U

Messier 101 - V

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13 True or False, Callisto's surface is uniformly colored but is not uniform in craters.

	TRUE
	FALSE

14 Complete the text:

Match up the object with the image:

Callisto - A

Vatnajökull, Iceland - B

the Cryosphere - C

Antarctica - D

Ganymede - E

Europa - F

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15 Which of the following radiation astronomy phenomena are associated with the rocky object Mercury?

	apparent impact craters
	an excess brightness at or near the edge
	the iron XIV line
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	changes in the line-blanketing

16 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the rocky-object Io?

	surface regions reflecting or emitting violet or purple
	an excess brightness at or near the edge
	red regions that may be phosphorus
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	rotation

17 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the apparent liquid-object Earth?

	rain
	snow
	hail
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	rotation

18 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the gaseous-object Neptune?

	Voyager 2
	blue rays
	clouds
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	rotation

Hypotheses

Main resource: Hypotheses

1. Most of the stars in the Milky Way have solar systems.

See also: Control groups, Proof of concept, and Proof of technology

See also

• Astronomy/Quiz
• Green astronomy/Quiz
• Radiation astrochemistry/Quiz
• Radiation astrogeography/Quiz
• Radiation astrohistory/Quiz
• Sol/Quiz
• Theoretical astronomy/Quiz

External links

• International Astronomical Union
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NED
• NASA's National Space Science Data Center
• The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• SDSS Quick Look tool: SkyServer
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database
• SIMBAD Web interface, Harvard alternate
• Spacecraft Query at NASA
• Universal coordinate converter