QB/AstroWikipSolSys1

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• _Name_* QB/AstroWikipSolSys1
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• _wiki_* https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/
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• _Attribution_* http://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Astronomy_college_course/Solar_system/Quiz&oldid=1388382
• _See_* User:Guy vandegrift

*_Quiz_*

1 Very far from the sun, the heliosphere

	becomes the magnetosphere
	reverses direction
	becomes weaker than the interstellar wind
	spins in the opposite direction
	never ends

2 According to Wikipedia, if all the mass of the asteroid belt were combined to one object, it's mass would _______ times less than Earth's mass.

	1
	10
	100
	1,000
	10,000

3

planetary disk

In this hypothetical image of a sun-like star we see a bright band of dust that we on Earth call zodiacal light. It is due to sunlight reflecting off dust in the

	magnetic sun's magnetic field
	Oort Cloude
	Kuiper belt
	Van Allen belt
	ecliptic plane

4 In planetary science, the frost line refers to a distance away from

	the star in the middle
	the north pole of a planet
	the south pole of a planet
	either pole of a planet
	ecliptic plane

5 Oort's cloud was hypothesized to explain the source of

	planets
	asteroids
	comets
	water inside the frost line
	water outside the frost line

6 According to Wikipedia _______ and ______ are referred to as volatiles.

	electrons and protons
	ices and gasses
	acids and bases
	planets and moons
	asteroids and terrestrial planets

7 Which of the following list is properly ranked, starting with objects closest to the Sun?

	Kuiper belt, Oort's cloud, Asteroid belt
	Oort's cloud, Asteroid belt, Kuiper belt
	Asteroid belt, Kuiper belt, Oort's cloud
	Asteroid belt, Oort's cloud, Kuiper belt
	Kuiper belt, Asteroid belt, Oort's cloud

8 When the sun turns into a red giant,

	surface temperature decreases; energy output increases
	surface temperature increases; energy output increases
	surface temperature decreases; energy output decreases
	surface temperature increases; energy output decreases
	The sun will not turn into a red giant

9 A volatile is a substance that

	reacts violently with acids
	reacts violently with water
	reacts violently with oxygen
	melts or evaporates at high temperature
	melts or evaporates at low temperature

10 All planets lie within a nearly flat disc called the __________ plane

	interstellar
	retrograde
	ecliptic
	angular
	fissile

11 The AU is

	a measure of the brightness of a planet
	the size of Oort's cloud
	the most distant Kuiper object from the Sun
	the distance from Earth to the Moon
	the distance from the Sun to Earth

12 The Sun and Earth are about

	5 million years old
	50 million years old
	500 million years old
	5 billion years old
	50 billion years old

13 The universe is about

	15 million years old
	150 million years old
	1.5 billion years old
	15 billion years old
	150 billion years old

14 Roughly how much bigger is a gas planet than a terrestrial planet?

	3
	10
	30
	100
	300

15 Roughly how much bigger is a the Sun than a gas planet?

	3
	10
	30
	100
	300

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