EarthSci Quiz # 1 (PARALLEL)

Why is Venus's name considered a misnomer?

• The planet does not reflect the description of the name's origin

• There was an error committed during the naming of this planet

• The name given to this planet is quite ambiguous

• There is no clear reason behind it

It is in this era of the Big Bang that the universe became transparent for the first time.

• Planck

• Grand Unification

• Nuclei

• Atom

Why was there a need to reconfigure the Theory of Relativity during the time of Alexander Friedmann?

• Because the theory was too vague

• Because its information needed updating

• Because the physics of the model it used was not right

• Because there were errors in the mathematical equations that the theory used

These are physical manifestations of energy in space.

• Quasars

• Stars

• Moons

• Planet

Why are dwarf planets not considered as major planets?

• Because its density makes it too heavy

• Because it revolves faster that it should be

• Because it's orbit around the focus is erratic

• Because it's too light to be considered as a planet

Which Law of Planetary Motion describes the correct orbit of the planets?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

What do we call planetary debris that enter any planet's atmosphere and disintegrates?

• Asteroid

• Meteorite

• Comet

• Dust

Edwin Hubble used this key evidence of the Big Bang to develop the law named after him. What is this evidence?

• Red Shift of Galaxies

• Existence of the CMBR

• Differences in the mixture of elements

• Time and Light

Who indicted Galileo Galilei in 1616 which caused the censure of Copernicus's book?

• Cardinal Robert Bellarmine

• Friar Tommaso Caccini

• Pope Urban VIII

• Pope Paul V

What is the age of our Sun?

• 3 Billion Years Old

• 4 Billion Years Old

• 5 Billion Years Old

• 6 Billion Years Old