5-Space Science Quiz #1

The order of the planets is:

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

Which planet is fifth from the sun?

• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Mars
• Earth

which planet is the third from the sun?

• Mercury 
• Neptune 
• Pluto 
• Earth 

Brightness of a star as seen from Earth

• parallax
• apparent magnitude
• absolute magnitude
• spectrum

The brightness of a star as it would be a distance of 32.6 light years from Earth

• light year
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• parallax

What is magnitude?

• the process inside a star that produces the star's energy
• term used by scientists to describe a star's brightness
• star groupings in space
• the process inside a star that produces the star's energy

The brightness of a star we see from Earth is called

• absolute magnitude
• relative magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• obvious magnitude

What color of star is the hottest?

• Blue
• Red
• Yellow
• Orange

What color of star is the coolest?

• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
• White

True or False
Stars are really close together in outer space.

• True
• False