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USAP 2021 Science

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who completely confirmed that the earth was not the center of the solar system?

a)

Kepler

b)

Copernicus

c)

Galileo

d)

Aristotle

2.

What is (approximately) the speed of light?

a)

300,000 m/s

b)

300,000,000 km/s

c)

300,000,000 m/s

d)

240 km/s

3.

Which electromagnetic radiation type has the highest energy?

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Infared Waves

c)

X-Rays

d)

Gamma Rays

e)

Ultraviolet Rays

4.

Auroras emit which kind(s) of electromagnetic radiation?

a)

Radio

b)

Infrared

c)

Ultraviolet

d)

X-Ray

e)

Gamma Ray

5.

If a planet's distance is 5 parsecs, what is its parallax angle (in seconds)?

a)

5"

b)

0.2"

c)

1"

d)

0.5"

e)

None of the Above

6.

Emission lines are produced when...

a)

An electron is more excited

b)

An electron is less excited

c)

An electron is absorbed by a photon

d)

An electron is released by a photon

7.

What serves as a good analogy for Bohr's energy levels?

a)

A musical instrument

b)

A staircase

c)

Different kinds of air

d)

None of the above

8.

_________ releases as much energy that the world uses in 100,000 years.

a)

CMEs

b)

Solar Flares

c)

Prominences

d)

Solar Wind

e)

Sunspots

9.

Which layer of earth's atmosphere is below 12 km?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Stratosphere

d)

Thermosphere

10.

Gravitational effects between the earth and moon cause __________

a)

Tides

b)

Natural Disasters

c)

Diplomatic Relationships

d)

Other

11.

Which planets (or moons) have craters?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Phobos

d)

Mars

e)

Deimos

12.

Gas giants are mainly made of which elements?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Helium

d)

Oxygen

e)

Iron

13.

Which one is not a moon of Jupiter?

a)

Galilean

b)

Europa

c)

Callisto

d)

Io

14.

Which are examples of dwarf planets?

a)

Pluto

b)

Neptune

c)

Eris

d)

Dysnomia

e)

Mercury

15.

The Milky Way is an ________ galaxy.

a)

Elliptical

b)

Spiral

c)

Barred-Spiral

d)

irregular

16.

Which cluster does the Milky Way belong to?

a)

The Super Group

b)

The Local Group

c)

The Andermon Group

d)

The Hubble Group