Planetary Alignment and Earth Science Quiz

The time interval between two successive occurrences of a specific type of alignment of a planet (or the moon) with the sun and the earth is referred to as_____________________.

• a conjunction

• an opposition

• a sidereal period

• a synodic period

Periplaneta belongs to which phylum?

• Mollusca

• Arthropoda

• Annelida

• Echinodermata

Plants that possess spores and embryo but lack vascular tissues and seeds?

• Rhodophyta

• Bryophyta

• Pteridophyta

• Phaeophyta

According to Kepler's Laws, the cube of the mean distance of a planet from the sun is proportional to the___________________

• area that is swept out

• cube of the period

• square of the period

• fourth power of the mean distance

What is the process called where carbon dioxide is captured from the atmosphere or industrial sources and stored in geological formations, forests, soils, or oceans, and how does this process help mitigate climate change?

What device first proved that Earth rotates on its axis?

After what geophysical occurrence might you see Bishop's Ring around the Sun?

When a superior planet is at opposition it is making an angle of how many degrees with the sun?