Exoplanets

Planets that are found to be orbiting stars outside our solar system are called ___________

• rogue planets

• super planets

• exoplanets

• imaginary planets

What is the term for the area around a star where liquid water could be found on it's planets __________________

• habitable zone

• aqueous zone

• zone of life

• green zone

How many confirmed exoplanets have been discovered so far?

• 2-3 thousand

• 3-4 thousand

• 4-5 thousand

   

• 5-6 thousand

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Kepler 186f is an exoplanet in the habitable zone of it's star. It is 558 light years from Earth. When did the light we see today leave that star headed for our telescopes?

• 1490

• 1466

• 1565

• 1515

What is an exoplanet?

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  a planet outside our solar system

• a planet with an outer shell

•  a planet in the Kuiper belt

• a planet that is easy to fly away from

The method of finding an exoplanet by detecting the light blocked as it passes its star is __________

• blocking

• eclipsing

• parallax

• transit

The habitable zone around a star is the area where a planet is most likely to have __________

• rings

• oxygen

• water

• life

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The very first exoplanets found were ______________

• habitable

• earth sized

• jupiter sized

•  rogue planets

What new space based telescope is expected to give us lots of new information about exoplanets?

• Kepler space telescope

• James Webb space telescope

• Hubble space telescope

• Galileo space telescope

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

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

• centripetal motion
• reflexive motion
• retrograde motion
• centrifugal motion

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4