Science Quiz Bee (8)

Multiple Choice

Match the definition with the correct word. Small, rocky object that orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

• star

• comet

• asteroid

• planet

Multiple Choice

Match the definition with the correct word. Average distance from Earth to the Sun—about 150 million km.

• period of revolution

• period of rotation

• comet

• astronomical unit

Multiple Choice

Match the definition with the correct word. Object made of gas, dust, and ice that moves around the Sun in an oval-shaped orbit.

• planet

• comet

• asteroid

• orbit

Multiple Choice

Match the definition with the correct word. Time it takes an object to travel once around the Sun.

• orbit

• period of revolution

• period of rotation

• astronomical unit

Multiple Choice

Match the definition with the correct word. Object in space made of gases in which nuclear fusion reactions occur that emit energy.

• planet

• asteroid

• star

• comet

Multiple Choice

What is the closest planet to the sun?

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

Multiple Choice

What is the second farthest planet from the sun?

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Jupiter

Multiple Choice

Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
• Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

Multiple Choice

Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Saturn
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter

Multiple Choice

What are the terrestrial planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
• Mercury, Earth, Mars, Neptune
• Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune

Multiple Choice

The inner planets are _______ than the outer planets.

• colder

• bigger

• warmer

• smarter

Multiple Choice

The outermost planets have what type of physical composition?

• gaseous
• terrestrial
• liquid

Multiple Choice

What divides the inner planets from the outer planets?

• Kuiper Belt
• Oort Cloud
• Asteroid Belt

Multiple Choice

Appears as a streak in the sky.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Multiple Choice

Found in the Oort Cloud

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Multiple Choice

Piece of a meteoroid that strikes the earth's surface

• comet
• asteroid
• meteor
• meteorite

Multiple Choice

What color of star is the hottest?

• Blue
• Red
• Yellow
• Orange

Multiple Choice

What color of star is the coolest?

• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
• White

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the star in our solar system?

• Venus
• Sun
• Jupiter
• Mars

Multiple Choice

The H-R diagram is a graph that shows the relationship between ______________ for stars. 

• temperature and color
• temperature and brightness
• brightness and color
• distance and brightness

Multiple Choice

Most stars are made of which elements?

• Hydrogen only
• Hydrogen and Lithium
• Hydrogen and Sodium
• Hydrogen and Helium

Multiple Choice

Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

• They are actually much smaller
• They are so far away
• They are not as bright
• They are dwarf stars

Multiple Choice

The energy from the sun is created by a process called:

• nuclear fission
• nuclear fusion
• nuclear reaction
• nuclear core

Multiple Choice

When we look at the sun, what layer are we viewing?

• photosphere
• chromosphere
• corona
• convection zone

Multiple Choice

Chromosphere

• The layer of sun that creates the suns color

• The layer that makes light

• The layer that creates energy

Multiple Choice

Which layer of the sun is the hottest?

• Photosphere
• Chromosphere
• Corona
• Core

Multiple Choice

Rank the stars colors in order from hottest to coolest

• blue, white, yellow, orange, red

• white, blue, yellow, orange, red

• red, orange, yellow, white, blue

• white, blue, orange, yellow, red

Multiple Choice

Most stars belong to this category:

• supergiants

• giants

• main sequence

• white dwarfs

Multiple Choice

The H-R diagram classifies stars based on what factors?

• Temperature and luminosity

• Number of planets

• What constellation they're in

• Temperature and fusion

Multiple Choice

Our sun is what kind of star?

• Blue giant

• Red giant

• Main sequence

• White dwarf

Multiple Choice

Astronomers think that most stars are born in groups, called ___

• assemblages

• bundles

• clusters

• blobs

Multiple Choice

Loosely bound collections of dozens or thousands of stars, usually in an irregular shape, are called ___

• hexadecimal star systems

• open clusters

• globular clusters

• nebulae

Multiple Choice

Brightness of a star as seen from Earth

• parallax
• apparent magnitude
• absolute magnitude
• spectrum

Multiple Choice

an apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations

• light year
• absolute magnitude
• parallax
• spectrum

Multiple Choice

Light Years are a measure of:

• time
• speed
• distance
• light

Multiple Choice

A light year is...

• The speed light travels
• How long it takes light to get to you from the sun
• The distance light can travel in a year
• How many years it takes light to be emitted

Multiple Choice

The number of kilometers light can travel in one second

• 300,000

• eight

• Light year

• astronomical unit