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Multiple Choice Questions on Planetary Science, Exams of Astronomy

Hazard Community and Technical College Astronomy

A series of multiple choice questions about planetary science, including questions about the earth's magnetosphere, the solar system, the moon, and the greenhouse effect. It also includes questions about the composition and formation of planets, as well as the structure of the earth's interior and the atmosphere.

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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

The moon always keeps the same side towards earth due to

synchronous rotation, however we can see up to 59% of the moon’s

surface because of this.

Answer

Selected Answer: a.

libration

Correct Answer: a.

libration

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

Which of these planets is a Jovian?

Answer

Selected Answer: b.

Jupiter

Correct Answer: b.

Jupiter

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

When encountering Earth’s magnetosphere, charged particles can get

trapped into what shaped orbit?

Answer

Selected Answer: b.

helix

Correct Answer: b.

helix

Question 4

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 Question 1

1 out of 1 points

The moon always keeps the same side towards earth due to

synchronous rotation, however we can see up to 59% of the moon’s

surface because of this.

Answer Selected Answer: a.

libration

Correct Answer: a.

libration

 Question 2

1 out of 1 points

Which of these planets is a Jovian?

Answer Selected Answer: b.

Jupiter

Correct Answer: b.

Jupiter

 Question 3

1 out of 1 points

When encountering Earth’s magnetosphere, charged particles can get

trapped into what shaped orbit?

Answer Selected Answer: (^) b.

helix

Correct Answer: b.

helix

 Question 4

1 out of 1 points

The Earth’s magnetosphere stores charges in the

Answer

Selected Answer: e. Van Allen

belts

Correct Answer: e. Van Allen

belts

 Question 5

1 out of 1 points

Which of these is a property of the solar system as a whole?

Answer

Selected Answer: e. All of

these

Correct Answer: e. All of

these

 Question 6

1 out of 1 points

Compared to terrestrial planets Jovian planets have?

Answer

Selected Answer: c. a lower

density

Correct Answer: c. a lower

density

 Question 7

1 out of 1 points

The solar system formed from which of these?

Answer

Correct Answer: e. all of the

above

 Question 11

1 out of 1 points

According to the dynamo model, charges in the interior of a planet are

set in motion by?

Answer

Selected Answer: e. rotation and

convection

Correct Answer: e. rotation and

convection

 Question 12

1 out of 1 points

By examining the amount of uranium and its radioactive products in a

rock, scientists can determine?

Answer

Selected Answer: b. the age of the

earth

Correct Answer: b. the age of the

earth

 Question 13

1 out of 1 points

On a terrestrial planet it is observed that there is a larger number of

craters on the sourthern hemisphere and almost no craters on the

northern hemisphere. Which of these conclusions can be drawn based

on this evidence alone?

Answer Selected Answer:

c. the southern hemisphere is older than the northern

hemisphere

Correct Answer:

c. the southern hemisphere is older than the northern

hemisphere

 Question 14

1 out of 1 points

Which of these formed from the solar nebula?

Answer

Selected Answer: d. all of the

above

Correct Answer: d. all of the

above

 Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Which of these is the most likely origin of Earth’s magnetic field?

Answer

Selected Answer: d. moving charged particles in earth’s

core

Correct Answer: d. moving charged particles in earth’s

core

 Question 16

1 out of 1 points

Name the two kinds of planets.

Answer

Selected Answer: b. Jovian and

terrestrial

Correct Answer: b. Jovian and

terrestrial

 Question 17

Correct Answer: d. greenhouse

gasses

 Question 21

1 out of 1 points

When charged particles crash into Earth’s atmosphere they cause the

atmosphere to glow in an event known as an

Answer

Selected Answer: b. aurora

Correct Answer: b. aurora

 Question 22

1 out of 1 points

Given 100 grams of radioactive Uranium, how much Uranium would be

left after two half-lives of this material?

Answer

Selected Answer: c. 25.0 grams

Correct Answer: c. 25.0 grams

 Question 23

1 out of 1 points

Which of these is proof that the moon has been hit by meteoroids in the

past?

Answer

Selected Answer: c. all of the above

Correct Answer: c. all of the above

 Question 24

1 out of 1 points

Given 10.0 grams of radioactive Carbon 14. The time it takes until only

5.00 grams of carbon 14 are left is called the

Answer

Selected Answer: a. half

life

Correct Answer: a. half

life

 Question 25

1 out of 1 points

All of these are true about the moon except?

Answer Selected Answer:

d. the moon has large amounts of pure water in its

rocks

Correct Answer: d. the moon has large amounts of pure water in its

rocks

 Question 26

1 out of 1 points

CFC’s destroy what?

Answer

Selected Answer: a. ozone

Correct Answer: a. ozone

 Question 27

1 out of 1 points

Fact. The moon takes 27.3 days to rotate on its axis. Given that it has

synchronous rotation, how long does it take to orbit the earth?

Answer

 Question 31

1 out of 1 points

What is the most abundant element in Earth’s atmosphere?

Answer Selected Answer: e.

nitrogen

Correct Answer: (^) e.

nitrogen

 Question 32

1 out of 1 points

A Jovian planet is made mostly of hydrogen and ____________.

Answer Selected Answer: b.

helium

Correct Answer: b.

helium

 Question 33

1 out of 1 points

Jovian planets have more _________ than terrestrial planets.

Answer

Selected Answer: c. all of the above

Correct Answer: c. all of the above

 Question 34

1 out of 1 points

Saturn is what kind of planet?

Answer

Selected Answer: d. Jovian

Correct Answer: d. Jovian

 Question 35

1 out of 1 points

Which of these show the correct sequence for accretion in the creation of

a planet?

Answer

Selected Answer: b. dust particles, planetesimals, protoplanets,

planets

Correct Answer: b. dust particles, planetesimals, protoplanets,

planets

 Question 36

1 out of 1 points

The ozone layer protects Earth from

Answer

Selected Answer: b. ultraviolet

rays

Correct Answer: b. ultraviolet

rays

 Question 37

1 out of 1 points

What does differentiated mean?

Answer

Multiple Choice Questions on Planetary Science, Exams of Astronomy

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Download Multiple Choice Questions on Planetary Science and more Exams Astronomy in PDF only on Docsity!

 Question 1

1 out of 1 points

The moon always keeps the same side towards earth due to

synchronous rotation, however we can see up to 59% of the moon’s

surface because of this.

libration

libration

 Question 2

1 out of 1 points

Which of these planets is a Jovian?

Jupiter

Jupiter

 Question 3

1 out of 1 points

When encountering Earth’s magnetosphere, charged particles can get

trapped into what shaped orbit?

helix

helix

 Question 4

1 out of 1 points

The Earth’s magnetosphere stores charges in the

Selected Answer: e. Van Allen

belts

Correct Answer: e. Van Allen

belts

 Question 5

1 out of 1 points

Which of these is a property of the solar system as a whole?

Selected Answer: e. All of

these

Correct Answer: e. All of

these

 Question 6

1 out of 1 points

Compared to terrestrial planets Jovian planets have?

Selected Answer: c. a lower

density

Correct Answer: c. a lower

density

 Question 7

1 out of 1 points

The solar system formed from which of these?

Correct Answer: e. all of the

above

 Question 11

1 out of 1 points

According to the dynamo model, charges in the interior of a planet are

set in motion by?

Selected Answer: e. rotation and

convection

Correct Answer: e. rotation and

convection

 Question 12

1 out of 1 points

By examining the amount of uranium and its radioactive products in a

rock, scientists can determine?

Selected Answer: b. the age of the

earth

Correct Answer: b. the age of the

earth

 Question 13

1 out of 1 points

On a terrestrial planet it is observed that there is a larger number of

craters on the sourthern hemisphere and almost no craters on the

northern hemisphere. Which of these conclusions can be drawn based

on this evidence alone?

c. the southern hemisphere is older than the northern

hemisphere

c. the southern hemisphere is older than the northern

hemisphere

 Question 14

1 out of 1 points

Which of these formed from the solar nebula?

Selected Answer: d. all of the

above

Correct Answer: d. all of the