Quarter 2 test Review Part 3

What is the main function of an optical telescope?

• To create music

• To gather and focus visible light

• To classify planets

• to gather infrared radiation

What are the criteria for an object to be classified as a planet?

• Being the largest object in the solar system

• Orbiting the Sun, spherical shape, and cleared its orbit of other debris

• Being located closest to the Sun

• Having a solid surface and a moon

What is the correct order of the planets based on their distance from the Sun?

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

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

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

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

Arrange the following objects in space from smallest to largest

• star, planet, solar system, galaxy, universe, meteoroid, asteroid, dwarf planet

• universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet, dwarf planet, asteroid, meteoroid

• meteoroid, asteroid, dwarf planet, planet, star, solar system, galaxy, universe

• dwarf planet, meteoroid, asteroid, planet, star, solar system, galaxy, universe

How did the solar system form?

• From a super sonic explosion

• From the Big Bang Theory

• From a rotating disk of gas and dust, pulled together by gravity

• From a collision between two galaxies

When do spring tides occur?

• During the new moon and full moon phases

• During the waxing crescent and waning crescent moon phases

• During the first quarter and third quarter moon phases

• During the waxing gibbous and waning gibbous moon phases

What is a terrestrial planet?

• A small, rocky planet with a solid surface

• A planet with a large number of moons

• A planet made entirely of gas

• A planet located in the outer regions of the solar system

Which space mission was the first to explore Mars in the 1970s?

• Voyager 1

• Viking

• Apollo

• Voyager 2

Which space mission explored the outer planets of our solar system and entered interstellar space in 2012?

• Viking

• Hubble

• Apollo

• Voyager 1 and 2

How far away is Voyager 1 from Earth?

• 15 billion miles

• 10 trillion miles

• 1 billion miles

• 100 million miles