Meteors, comets, and asteroids
Which orbits the sun between Jupiter and Mars?
A. Comets
B. Asteroids
C. Meteors
B. Asteroids
What's another name for a shooting star?
A. Asteroid
B. Comet
C. Meteor
Meteor
A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure.
A. Constellations
B. Planisphere
C. Kuiper belt
A. Constellations
A map formed by the projection of a sphere or part of a sphere on a plane, especially an adjustable circular star map that shows the appearance of the at a specific time and place:
A. Hydrosphere
B. Planisphere C. Lithosphere
B. Planosphere
Large mass stars can become a black hole or ________ star
A. Neutron
B. Proton
C. Election
A. Neutron
Which orbits the sun?
A. Comets and asteroids
B. Meteors and meteorites
C. Asteroids and meteoroids
A. Comets and Asteroids
If a space object larger than 1 meter in diameter it is an:
A. Asteroid
B. Meteor
C. Meteorite
A. Asteroid
Forming the tip of its handle, which is part of the Little Dipper:
A. Andromeda
B. Polaris
C. Betelgeuse
B .Polaris
A planisphere's_____________ is the oval or circular boundary on its viewing window that shows which stars are currently above your local sky:
A. Circumpolar
B. Zenith
C. Horizon
C. Horizon
_____________belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, containing millions of rocky, irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids, leftover debris from the early solar:
A. Orion's
B. Kuiper C. Asteroid
C. Asteroid
Which is not visible in our sky?
A. Comets
B. Meteors
C. Asteroids
C. Asteroids
A meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground:
A. Meteoroid
B. Meteorite
C. Shooting star
B. meteorite
Star was used as a navigation tool many years ago by sailors:
A. Andromeda
B. Red Giants
C. North star
Dust and Gas
On a planisphere, the _______________(the point directly overhead) is represented by the center of the circular star map:
A. Zenith
B. Horizon
C. Oort cloud
A. Zenith
This is the region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice:
A. Asteroid belt
B. Orion's belt
C. Kuiper belt
C. Kuiper belt
What causes a comet to have a tail?
A. Heat source
B. Chunks of ice
C. Water vapor
Heat source
What is a comet sometimes refer to as:
A. Dirty cotton ball
B. Dirty cloud
C. Dirty snowball
Dirty snowball - C
Diagram is actually a graph that illustrates the relationship that exists between the average surface temperature of stars and magnitude:(called HR diagram)
The Hertzsprung-___________diagram
The The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
__________ constellations are star patterns that never set below the horizon:
A. Medial
B. Circumpolar
C. Zodiac
B. Circumpolar
The ___________ is a giant spherical shell surrounding the Sun, planets and Kuiper Belt Objects. It's like a big, thick bubble around our solar system.
A. Oort Cloud B. Asteroid belt
C. Halley's comet
B.
A. Oort Cloud
How many years does it take Halley's comet to return past Earth.
A. 27 years
B. 67 Yeats
C. 76 years
C. 76 years
What causes objects to burn up in the atmosphere?
A. Pressure and water
B. Pressure and friction
B. Friction and sound
B. Pressure and friction
Scientist who created the theory of relativity:
A. Doppler
B. Hubble
C. Einstein
C. Einstein
Which are circumpolar constellations?
A. Ursa minor, Cassiopeia, Hydra, Draco, Aquarius, Leo
B. Ursa major, Ursa minor, Draco, Cassiopeia, Cepheus
C. Cepheus, Ursa minor, Ursa major, Leo, Boötes, Draco
B Ursa major, Ursa minor, Draco, Cassiopeia, Cepheus
What are the temperatures of stars from coolest to hottest:
Red, orange, yellow, white and Blue