Exoplanets

Exoplanets

9th - 12th Grade

20 Qs

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Exoplanets

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Alien planets are faint, far away, and sitting right on top of their parent star, so it's difficult to get ___

indirect evidence
direct evidence
anecdotal evidence
circumstantial evidence

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The small movement of a star due to an orbiting planet is called ___

centripetal motion
reflexive motion
retrograde motion
centrifugal motion

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The first confirmed detection of planets outside our solar system occurred in which year?

1952
1972
1992
2012

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A planet outside of our solar system that orbits a star is officially called ___

an alien planet
an exoplanet
a martian planet
a distant planet

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The first discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a star very much like the Sun occurred in the year ___

1955
1975
1995
2015

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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As the host star of the exoplanet makes its little circle, its light will undergo a ___

polarization shift
reflexive shift
Mach shift
Doppler shift

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A more massive planet pulls harder on the star, making it move ___

more quickly
more slowly
erratically
imperceptibly

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