Earth and Space Science

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Quiz sobre Earth and Space Science, criado por tiannaf_1224 em 13-01-2015.
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Questão 1

Questão
What are the two main elements that make up the sun?
Responda
  • Oxygen and Nitrogen
  • Hydrogen and Helium
  • Boron and Carbon
  • Iron and Neon

Questão 2

Questão
What is the proper order of the planets?
Responda
  • Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Pluto, Venus, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus
  • Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Earth, Mercury, Pluto, Mars. Saturn
  • Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

Questão 3

Questão
Mars is the hottest planet in the solar system.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 4

Questão
Galileo is most known for what discoveries?
Responda
  • Jupiter's 4 moons
  • Earth
  • Saturn's rings
  • Heliocentric Universe Theory
  • Height of mountains on moon

Questão 5

Questão
What does perihelion mean?
Responda
  • furthest point - earth around sun
  • closest point - earth around sun
  • furthest point - object around earth
  • closest point -object around earth

Questão 6

Questão
What constellation is our current north star located in and what is the north star called?
Responda
  • Orion's belt
  • Ursa Major
  • Ursa Minor
  • None of the above
  • Polaris
  • Vega

Questão 7

Questão
Mercury has no moons.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 8

Questão
What are the 2 moons of Mars called?
Responda
  • Phobos
  • Ceres
  • Deimos
  • Andromoda

Questão 9

Questão
A Spring tide is:
Responda
  • A high tide caused by the moon and the sun being at a right angle.
  • A high tide caused by the moon and the sun being aligned.
  • A low tide caused by the moon and the sun being at a right angle.
  • A low tide caused by the moon and the sun being aligned.

Questão 10

Questão
A Lunar Eclipse happens when the moon is in-between the Earth and the Sun.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 11

Questão
During a Lunar Eclipse, the darkest shadow is called the:
Responda
  • Penumbra
  • Umbra
  • Perihelion
  • Apogee

Questão 12

Questão
Which of these have to do with the sun?
Responda
  • Corona
  • Photosphere
  • Prominence
  • Sea of Tranquility
  • Chromosphere

Questão 13

Questão
The wobble of the Earth on it's axis is known as _____________.
Responda
  • Rotation
  • Revolution
  • Synodic Period
  • Tides
  • Precession

Questão 14

Questão
The nearest galaxy to our own is:
Responda
  • Phobos
  • Andromeda
  • Diemos
  • The Milky Way

Questão 15

Questão
Which of the following planets are bigger than Jupiter?
Responda
  • Saturn
  • Pluto
  • Mars
  • Neptune
  • No planet in our solar system is bigger than Jupiter.

Questão 16

Questão
Which of the following is NOT a type of galaxy?
Responda
  • Spiral
  • Irregular
  • Reflection
  • Elliptical
  • All of the above are types of galaxies

Questão 17

Questão
Which of the following were Canadian contributions to space exploration?
Responda
  • Anik 1
  • The robotic arm on the International Space station
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Roberta Bondar

Questão 18

Questão
Which of the following is NOT a constellation you can see from the southern hemisphere?
Responda
  • Orion
  • Cassiopeia
  • Southern Cross
  • Ursa Major

Questão 19

Questão
The point in the northern celestial sphere directly overhead is known as the Zenith.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 20

Questão
What is Interstellar Medium?
Responda
  • The mass of gas and dust between the stars.
  • The mass of the sun.
  • A measurement.

Questão 21

Questão
Which of the following are Oxides?
Responda
  • Magnetite
  • Kaolin
  • Pyrite
  • Talc
  • Limonite
  • Corundum
  • Halite
  • Hematite

Questão 22

Questão
The rocks on Manitoulin Island are mostly what type of rocks?
Responda
  • Igneous
  • Sedimentary
  • Metamorphic

Questão 23

Questão
Not counting Pluto, Mercury is the smallest, least massive planet.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 24

Questão
What is this, and what type of rocks contain it? (non-silicates or silicates)
Responda
  • A pyramid
  • A molecule
  • Silicates
  • Silicon-Oxygen Tetrahedron
  • Non-silicates

Questão 25

Questão
What are the non-silicate categories?
Responda
  • Pure elements
  • Carbonates
  • Oxides
  • Halides
  • Hydroxides
  • All of these
  • None of these
  • Sulfates
  • Sulfides

Questão 26

Questão
An Epoch is the biggest measurement of geological time.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 27

Questão
Rock formed from cooling magma:
Responda
  • Metamorphic
  • Igneous
  • Sedimentary

Questão 28

Questão
The 'P' (primary) wave is the fastest moving wave caused by an earthquake.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 29

Questão
A red star is the hottest star.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 30

Questão
What is a Supernova?
Responda
  • An explosion at the end of a star's life
  • A baby star
  • A dead star
  • None of these

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