Starry Starry Night

Part 1

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PORTION OF THE TEST

1. If a lunar eclipse occurs tonight, when is the soonest a solar eclipse can occur?

A) Tomorrow B) In two weeks C) In six months D) In one year

2. The visible surface of the Sun is called its

A) corona B) photosphere C) chromosphere D) atmosphere

3. Which moon in the Solar System has lakes and rivers on it:

A) Triton B) Charon C) Titan D) Europa

4. The sixth planet from the Sun is:

A) Mars B) Jupiter C) Saturn D) Uranus

5. The orbits of the planets and dwarf planets around the Sun are in the shape of:

A) An eclipse B) A circle C) An ellipse D) None of the above

6. True or False: During the summer and winter solstices, nighttime and daytime are of equal length.

7. The diameter of the observable universe is estimated to be

A) 93 billion miles B) 93 billion astronomical units C) 93 billion light years D) 93 trillion miles

8. Asteroids in the same orbit as Jupiter -- in front and behind it -- are called:

A) Greeks B) Centaurs C) Trojans D) Kuiper Belt Objects

9. Saturn's rings are made mostly of:

A) Methane ice B) Water ice C) Ammonia ice D) Ice cream

10. The highest volcano in the Solar System is on:

A) Earth B) Venus C) Mars D) Io

11. The area in the Solar System just beyond the orbit of Neptune populated by icy bodies is called

A) The asteroid belt B) The Oort cloud C) The Kuiper Belt D) None of the above

12. The dwarf planet in the asteroid belt is:

A) Makemake B) Haumea C) Vesta D) Ceres

13. True or False: The farthest point away from Sun in a planet's orbit is called perihelion.

14. True or False: The outer planets in the Solar System rotate around the Sun.

15. True or False: The inner planets of the Solar System are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Ceres

16. Which are the main gases found in the atmospheres of the outer planets:

A) Hydrogen and oxygen B) Helium and neon C) Carbon dioxide and fluorine D) Hydrogen and helium

17. A meteorite is:

A) a small meteor B) a meteoroid that burns up in the Earth's atmosphere C) a meteor that burns up in Earth's atmosphere D) debris from a meteor that reaches the ground

18. An exoplanet is

A) a planet without an atmosphere B) a dwarf planet C) a planet orbiting another star than the Sun D) a planet between the Kuiper Belt and the Oort cloud

19. Which planet has a rotation that is longer than its revolution?

A) Venus B) Earth C) Saturn D) Neptune

20. The diameter of the Milky Way is:

A) 100,000 miles B) 100,000 light years C) 100,000 astronomical units D) 100,000 kilometers

21. A synodic month is:

A) 27.3 days B) 29.5 days C) The time between new or full moons D) B and C

22. A galaxy is a

A) system in which planets revolve around a central star B) system made up of hundreds of stars held together by gravity C) star that has exploded in every direction D) system made up of millions or billions of stars held together by gravity

23. Which of the following is true about Earth's axial tilt:

A) It causes the seasons to change throughout the year B) Daytime is longer than nighttime during the summer C) It creates the aurora borealis D) A and B are true

24. True or False: The inclination of a planet's orbit is the angle between it and the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun -- the ecliptic.

25. True or False: Eccentricity means the degree to which a planet's orbit is an oval rather than a circle.

26. Which planet rotates the fastest:

A) Jupiter B) Earth C) Mercury D) Venus

27. True or False: Our Sun is a main sequence, low mass star that will eventually burn up its hydrogen fuel and become first a red giant, then a planetary nebula, and then a white dwarf.

28. True or False: The coma of a comet is the fuzzy cloud of dust and gas around its nucleus.

29. True or False: The hottest stars are colored red.

30. True or False: The point around which objects is space orbit each other is called their barycenter.

31. Identify the Moon phase below:

A. Waxing Crescent B. Waning Crescent C. First Quarter D. Third Quarter

32. Identify the Moon phase below:

A. Waxing Gibbous B. Third Quarter C. Waning Gibbous D. Waning Crescent

33. Identify the Moon phase below:

A. Waxing Crescent B. Waning Gibbous C. Third Quarter D. First Quarter

34. Identify the Moon phase below:

A. Waning Crescent B. Waning Gibbous C. Waxing Crescent D. First Quarter

35. The constellation on the left is:

A. Pegasus B. Orion C. Scorpius D. Lyra

36. Its alpha star is:

A. Antares B. Altair C. Vega D. Betelgeuse

37. The constellation on the left is:

A. Vega B. Gemini C. Cygnus D. Taurus

38. Its alpha star is:

A. Regulus B. Deneb C. Arcturus D. Spica

39. The constellation on the left is:

A. Andromeda B. Ursa Major C. Orion D. Bootes

40. Its alpha star is:

A. Betelgeuse B. Castor C. Pollux D. Aldebaran

41. The constellation on the left is:

A. Leo B. Taurus C. Virgo D. Orion

42. Its alpha star is:

A. Antares B. Altair C. Aldebaran D. Arcturus

43. The constellation on the left is:

A. Virgo B. Canis Major C. Gemini D. Taurus

44. Its alpha star is:

A. Castor B. Altair C. Deneb D. Polaris

45. Identify the object below:

A. Mercury B. The Moon C. Ceres D. Pluto

46. Identify the object below:

A. A reflection nebula B. An emission nebula C. An elliptical galaxy D. A planetary nebula

47. Identify the object below:

A. Saturn B. Venus C. Jupiter D. Neptune

48. Identify the object below:

A. The Ring Nebula B. An annular eclipse of the Sun C. A partial eclipse of the Sun D. A lunar eclipse

49. Identify the object below:

A. An asteroid B. A comet C. A meteor D. A meteoroid

50. Identify the object below:

A. An asteroid B. A comet C. A meteoroid D. A dwarf planet

51. Identify the object below:

A. An elliptical galaxy B. An open star cluster C. A globular star cluster D. A dwarf galaxy

52. Identify the object below:

A. An elliptical galaxy B. A globular cluster C. A nebula D. A dwarf galaxy

53. Identify the object below:

A. M1 B. The Crab Nebula C. A supernova remnant D. All of the above

54. Identify the object below:

A. Venus B. Triton C. Mars D. Ceres

Starry Starry Night -- Part 2

1. Describe the object below:

2. Explain the difference between a planet and a dwarf planet:

3. List in order from the Sun the dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt:

4. List some of the unique features of Venus:

5. List the Galilean moons:

6. List the main stages in the life cycle of a high mass star: