Astronomy 2

What are the three qualifications of an inner planet?

• has an elliptical orbit, has a rocky surface, and no atmospere
• has an elliptical orbit, has rings, and a rocky surface
• has an elliptical orbit, has a rocky surface, and is position between the Sun and the Asteroid Belt.
• has an elliptical orbit, a rocky surface, and is positioned between the Asteroid Belt and Pluto

Which of the following has a canyon as long as the United States, and a volcano as wide as the state of Arizona and three time as high as Mount Everest.

• Venus
• Earth
• Mercury
• Mars

What do Mercury and Venus have in common?

• They both thick atmospheres.
• They both rotate counter clockwise.
• They have a similar diameter.
• They both have no moons.

Which of the following pairs has the longest and the shortest revolutions of the inner planets?

• Earth and Venus
• Mars and Earth
• Mercury and Mars
• Mercury and Venus

In 1972 what space mission was responsible for getting a man on the moon?  

• Challenger
• Voyager 
• Gemini
• Apollo 

What is the estimated age of the universe?

• About 12,000,000 years 
• About 14,000,000 years
• About 10,000,000 years
• About 25 years

New moons occur at which  number position?

• 5
• 2
• 3
• 56

Waning Gibbouses occur at which number position?

• 6
• 3
• 2
• 8

What number position does a waxing crescent occur at?

• 6
• 10
• 67
• 4

We see only _________ side(s) of the Moon?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4