Quiz about S4E1 Stars and Planets

Question 1

True or False
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 2

Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

Accepted Answer

They are so far away

Answer

They are much smaller

Answer

They are not as bright

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They are dwarf stars

Question 3

True or False
Constellations are stars that appear to be in a pattern.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 4

What are stars?

Accepted Answer

Hot exploding balls of gas

Answer

Rocky bodies

Answer

5 pointed shapes

Answer

Hollywood actors

Question 5

Large astronomical body objects in our Universe that produces and emits its own light is __________________?

Accepted Answer

Stars

Answer

Nebulas

Answer

Comets

Answer

Planets

Question 6

True or False:
As Earth turns on its axis, stars APPEAR to move across the sky.

Accepted Answer

T

Answer

F

Question 7

The star around which Earth and other planets orbit.

Accepted Answer

Sun

Answer

Moon

Answer

Mars

Answer

Mercury

Question 8

A planet is...

Accepted Answer

...a body of rock or gas that orbits a star.

Answer

...a hot ball of gas.

Answer

...something that can produce its own light.

Answer

...a body that orbits around another planet.

Question 9

Which of the following is an inner planet?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Pluto

Answer

Saturn

Question 10

Which of the following is an outer planet?

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mars

Answer

Venus

Question 11

Telescopes make things look...

Accepted Answer

bigger

Answer

shinier

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darker

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flatter

Question 12

Which is the correct order of the inner planets?

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Answer

Venus, Mars, Earth, Mercury

Answer

Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

Answer

Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

Question 13

Which is the correct order of the outer planets?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Answer

Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune

Answer

Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn

Answer

Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn

Question 14

A scientist wants to study the sky using a telescope. What object in the sky should he NOT look at?

Accepted Answer

the sun

Answer

planets

Answer

distant stars

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the moon

Question 15

Which BEST explains why stars seen in the night sky are less bright than the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Other stars are farther from Earth than the Sun.

Answer

Other stars are producing less light.

Answer

Other stars are facing away from Earth.

Answer

Other stars are smaller than the Sun.

Question 16

Some physical characteristics of the Sun are medium-sized star, 110 times the size of Earth, and __________?

Accepted Answer

Gas atmosphere

Answer

Many craters

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Rocky core

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Liquid water

Question 17

How does the appearance of a constellation change during the night?

Accepted Answer

Its position appears to shift relative to the horizon.

Answer

Its distance to the North Star decreases.

Answer

Its brightest stars begin to appear orange.

Answer

Its shape appears to become longer.

Question 18

Why do we see different stars in the sky at different times of the year?

Accepted Answer

Earth is revolving around the Sun.

Answer

The Moon is revolving around Earth.

Answer

The stars are revolving around the Sun.

Answer

The stars are revolving around Earth.

Question 19

Which statement tells what happens when looking at stars through a telescope?

Accepted Answer

Stars appear larger and clearer.

Answer

Stars appear smaller and clearer.

Answer

Stars appear larger, but they are blurry.

Answer

Stars appear smaller and blurry.

Question 20

Wolf 359 is one of the stars nearest to the solar system. Which object in the solar system is MOST

like Wolf 359?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Venus

Answer

Earth

Question 21

We studied constellations with a telescope. We observed a constellation called the Fish-hook. Three months later, we again observed the constellation at the same time of night. The constellation looked a little different. How had the constellation MOST likely changed?

Accepted Answer

The stars were in a new location in the sky, because the solar system is expanding.

Answer

The stars were arranged in a new shape.

Answer

The stars were farther away from each other.

Answer

The stars were brighter colors.

Question 22

What is the composition of the sun (what it is made of)?

Accepted Answer

made of gas

Answer

made of rock

Answer

made of air

Answer

made of dirt

Question 23

Two physical characteristics of the Earth are that the planet has an atmosphere and is made of what two elements ___________________?

Accepted Answer

liquid water and solid rock

Answer

hot air and gas

Answer

lava rock and liquid water

Answer

asteroids and gas

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