Solar System and Space Exploration Assessment

Our sun is a star that is made up of

burning gases of _____________ and ____________________.

• Carbon

• Helium

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

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Chemistry

NASA's has four orbiting telescopes — the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. What are they used for?

• conducting research and gathering information.

• exploring new places on Mars.

• sending communication signals.

• taking photos of things in space.

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NASA

_____________ is the fifth planet in line from the Sun, , the largest planet in the solar system. More than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.

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Solar System

Planets

Gas Giants

First artificial satellite launched into space was called ____________. The satellite was launched by the ___________.

• Sputnik I, USA

• Sputnik II, USSR

• Sputnik I, USSR

• Voyager I, USA

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Space Exploration

USSR

What are the inner layers of the Sun?

• Core, Radiative zone, and Convection zone.

• Crust, mantle, and core.

• Core, Photosphere, and Radiative Zone.

• The Sun doesn't have inner layers.

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Sun

Layers of the Sun

Which of the following correctly places these in order from LARGEST to SMALLEST?

• galaxy -- local group/cluster -- planet -- solar system -- universe

• universe -- local group/cluster -- galaxy -- solar system -- planet

• planet -- solar system -- galaxy -- local group/cluster -- universe

• universe -- galaxy -- solar system -- local group/cluster -- planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Why is Mercury covered with craters, but Earth is not?

• Earth's atmosphere protects and weathers
• Earth's moon blocks asteroids
• asteroids just missed Earth
• most asteroids land in Earth's oceans

Gas Giant planets in our solar system are composed of frozen gasses. What two planets appear to be blue? What gas causes the blue color?

• Neptune and Uranus, Methane Gas

• Neptune and Uranus, Helium Gas

• Saturn and Uranus, Nitrogen Gas

• Pluto and Neptune, Methane Gas

In Astronomy what motion does the word, revolution describe?

• The path a planet or object takes to go around the sun.

• The spinning of the planet on its axis.

• The path a rocket takes when it blasts off into space.

• A stated goal many people make at the beginning of the new yYear.

Stars are formed in a large cloud of gas and dust called a

• cumulonimbus cloud
• nebula
• neutron star
• black hole