Study Deck

Question 1

What star(s) are closest to the sun?

Answer 1

ALPHA CENTAURI or PROXIMA CENTAURI

Question 2

The greatest distance of a planet from the sun is called what? Is it the planet’s:
w) aphelion (pron: ah-feel-yen)
x) perihelion (pron: per-eh-heel-yen)
y) helix
z) eccentricity

Answer 2

W) APHELION

Question 3

What is the name given to very bright meteors or bolides?

Answer 3

FIREBALLS

Question 4

How is the atmospheric pressure of Mars compared to the atmospheric pressure of earth?
w) about the same as the earth’s
x) about 100 times as great as the earth’s
y) about 1/200th that of the earth’s
z) half as much as that of the earth’s

Answer 4

y) about 1/200th that of the earth’s

Question 5

What gas it the main component of the atmosphere of mars?

Answer 5

Carbon Dioxide

Question 6

The planet jupiter has a mass that is:
w) equal to the combined masses of the earth and Mars
x) equal to the combined masses of Saturn and Pluto
y) equal to the combined masses of Saturn, Neptune and Uranus
z) greater than the combined masses of all of the planets

Answer 6

Z) greater than the combined masses of all the planets.

Question 6

Which of the following moon features is named copernicus? Is it a:
w) sea
x) crater
y) mountain range
z) rill

Answer 6

X) crater

Question 7

What is a solstice?

Answer 7

A moment in the year when the Sun’s apparent path in the sky is farthest north or south from Earth’s Equator

Question 7

In which day of the year does a solstice occur?

Answer 7

June 21st