Exoplanets

What is an exoplanet

• A planet with an outer shell

• A planet outside our solar system

• a planet that contains Ethanol, X-rays, and Oxygen

• A planet found in the Kuiper belt

When a planet passes in front of the star its orbiting, it's called:

• Transit

• Blocking

• Eclipsing

• Parallax

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which of these can be found by observing a planet and its star?

• radius

• orbital period

• density

• all of these

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The most abundant types of stars in our universe are:

• M stars

• O stars

• G stars

• K stars

The habitable zone around a star is where you can find:

• an atmosphere

• alien life

• liquid water

• oxygen

Which of these planets is most likely to be habitable?

• Gliese 581e

• Gliese 581g

• Gliese 581d

• Gliese 581c

The very first exoplanets that astronomers found were:

• rogue planets

• super earths

• habitable

• hot jupiters

A planet without a star is called a:

• death star

• wanderer

• rogue planet

• rogue squadron

Which space based telescope helped to identify the 7 new exoplanets?

• spitzer space telescope

• galileo telescope

• hubble space telescope

• james webb space telescope

Which telescope do we expect to give us brand new information about exoplanets?

• galileo telescope

• hubble space telescope

• james webb space telescope

• kepler space telescope