Astronomy college course/Chasing Pluto/in-class contributions/John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)

How fast was the spacecraft moving.? 36000 miles/hour

John Quincy Adams   (1825-1829)

Planetary Science

1 Revolution refers to orbit around a central body and rotation refers to spin around the object's own axis.

	true
	false

2 Rotation refers to orbit around a central body and revolution refers to spin around the object's own axis.

	true
	false

3 Before it comes up through the Earth's crust, ________ is called _______.

	magma ... lava
	granite ... basalt
	basalt ... granite
	lava ... magma

4 The most violent volcanoes are called

	basalt volcanoes
	cinder cone volcanoes
	shield volcanoes
	stratovolcanoes
	scoria cone volcanoes

5 The direction the Earth rotates around the sun is _________ towards __________.

	north ... south
	east ... west
	west ... east
	south ... north

6 The planet _________ has the highest density of the eight planets in the solar system.

	Mercury
	Earth
	Jupiter
	Mars
	Venus

7 Venus is the planet that is also referred to as the Earth's "sister" planet.

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	false

8 Mercury being the closest planet to the sun is the hottest planet in our solar system.

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	false

9 Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system even though it is not the closest to the sun.

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	false

10 The volcanoes on Venus are the stratovocanoes/composite volcanoes.

	true
	false

11 The volcanoes on Venus are the shield volcanoes.

	true
	false

12 With a peak of 11 km above Venusian average surface __________ is the highest mountain on Venus.

	Ishtar Terra
	Maxwell Montes
	Mount Everest
	Mount Max

13 Due to the iron oxide giving the planet _________ its appearance and is often described as _________ .

	Mars ... Red Giant
	Venus ... Morning star
	Jupiter ... ice giant

14 Jupiter has _______ moons.

	1
	4
	67
	101

15 In 1973 the first robotic spacecraft to explore Jupiter was a space shuttle named New Horizons.

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	false

16 In 1973 the first robotic spacecraft to explore Jupiter was a space shuttle named Pioneer.

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	false

17 Kepler became ill with ________, which left him with weak vision and his hands crippled limiting his ability to work.

	AIDS
	mumps
	smallpox
	typhoid fever