Honors Astronomy Solar System Unit Test

Honors Astronomy Solar System Unit Test

9th - 12th Grade

47 Qs

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Honors Astronomy Solar System Unit Test

Honors Astronomy Solar System Unit Test

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-2, MS-PS1-1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The smaller objects in the solar system made of rock and metal (most of which orbit between Jupiter and Mars) are called:

 comets

satellites

Titius-Bode objects

asteroids

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A comet forms a meteor shower when

A comet forms a meteor shower when it collides with a planet
A comet forms a meteor shower when it enters the Earth's atmosphere
A comet forms a meteor shower when it changes its orbit
Earth passes through the debris left behind by a comet

3.

REORDER QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Rank the planets from smallest to largest in diameter

Mars

Mercury

Neptune<Uranus

Saturn<Jupiter

Venus<Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The gas giants in our solar system are:

Mercury and Venus

Jupiter and Saturn

Earth and Mars

Uranus and Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The only planet in our solar system known to support life is:

Mars

Venus

Earth

Jupiter

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Astronomers believe that Jupiter’s strong magnetic field is caused by

a core of molten iron and nickel     

electric charges from the moon Io

a huge layer of metallic hydrogen inside Jupiter    

the circulation of large reddish storms containing magnetic ammonia crystals

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The large reservoir of comet nuclei far beyond Pluto, from which we believe new long-period comets come into the inner solar system, is called:

the Lowell reservoir     

the Oort Cloud        

the Kohoutek Cloud   

the Alvarez belt      

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