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Slideshow Identification Identify each planet, moon, feature, nebula or galaxy. Each picture has a number.

Make sure to write your answer next to the correct answer line.

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

Multiple Choice Write the correct answer letter on the line next to the question number.

11. Which is the largest dwarf planet?

A. Pluto

B. Eris

C. Makemake

D. Ceres

12. The Great Dark Spot was found on which planet?

A. Mars

B. Neptune

C. Jupiter

D. Saturn

13. Stickney is the name of what?

A. A crater on Mars

B. A crater on Deimos

C. A crater on Phobos

D. A crater on Venus

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14. Which planet’s atmosphere is 21% oxygen?

A. Venus

B. Earth

C. Mercury

D. Mars

15. What planet is seventh from the sun?

A. Jupiter

B. Neptune

C. Uranus

D. Saturn

16. Which planet rotates on its axis slower than any other?

A. Jupiter

B. Venus

C. Mars

D. Mercury

17. Which planet’s rotation is retrograde?

A. Venus

B. Neptune

C. Mars

D. Mercury

18. What planet has more named moons than any other? A. Earth

B. Saturn

C. Uranus

D. Jupiter

19. What moon is characterized by its icy surface and the highest albedo of any known object in the solar system?

A. Io

B. Enceladus

C. Europa

D. Cordelia

20. The Caloris Basin is located on which planet?

A. Mercury

B. Mars

C. Jupiter

D. Earth

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Written Section

Answer the questions or fill in the blanks

21. When a lower mass star dies and throws off its outer layer it leaves behind a .

22. List the Jovian planets:

23. What massive objects are likely at the center of active galaxies?

24. The (2 words) forms the boundary between the inner Solar system and outer Solar System.

25. Draw the following: A. Waxing Crescent Moon B. 1st Quarter Moon

26. Draw the position of the moon during a solar eclipse, relative to the Sun and Earth and name the phase of the Moon during this event: ~ Label each object ~ Phase:

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Matching Write the correct answer letter on the line next to the question number.

Each planet is used only once

27. Triton is this planet’s moon A. Earth

28. The names of this planet’s moons are taken from Shakespearean writing B. Jupiter

29. Planet has the most extreme temperature variations in the solar system C. Mars

30. Least dense of all planets in the solar system D. Mercury

31. This planet has similar chemical composition and density to Earth E. Neptune

32. Planet has the fastest rotation of any solar system planet F. Saturn

33. Planet has a canyon 4000 km long G. Uranus

34. Planet’s crust is divided into several separate solid plates H. Venus

There are more definitions than terms

35. Sidereal 40. Albedo feature

36. Convection 41. Patera

37. Scarp 42. Bolide

38. Catena 43. Umbra

39. Facula 44. Heliopause

A. Dark spot

B. Bright regions seen in the solar chromosphere

C. A dark or light marking on the surface of an object

D. Distinctive area of broken terrain

E. Crater formed by an explosion or collapse of a volcanic vent

F. Line of cliffs produced by faulting or erosion

G. The volume over which an object exerts a gravitational pull

H. The dark central region of a sunspot

I. The point at which the solar wind meets the interstellar medium

J. Of, relating to, or concerned with the stars

K. Bright spot

L. A fireball that produces a sonic boom

M. Fluid circulation driven by temperature gradients in the presence of gravity

N. Chain of craters

O. Shallow crater; scalloped, complex edge P. the magnetic field carried with the solar wind Q. Having the sun as a center

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Star Charts

Write the correct constellation name or star on the line next to the question number. A star will have an

arrow pointing at it.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

51.

52.

53.

54.

55.

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Tie Breakers

Pts. attained

I. List the planets in order in order from closest to the sun to furthest.

1. 5.

2. 6.

3. 7.

4. 8.

II. Name the Gallilean moons

III. Name 2 unique features on Mars.

IV. What is the disk shaped region past the orbit of Neptune containing many

small icy bodies called?

V. What planet has the following characteristics?

Terrestrial, Small magnetic field, Fast revolution, Slow rotation and No Moons

VI. What does the color of a star tell us?

Total

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Team Name S Macomb/Chippewa Test

Slideshow Identification Identify each planet, moon, feature, nebula or galaxy. Each picture has a number.

Make sure to write your answer next to the correct answer line.

1. Chaotic galaxy 6. Horsehead nebula

2. Deimos 7. Saturn

3. Fox fur nebula 8. Galaxy on the edge

4. Hixon compact group 44 9. Ring nebula

5. Happy face crater 10. Venus

Multiple Choice Write the correct answer letter on the line next to the question number.

11. B

B. Eris

12. .

B

B. Neptune

13. C

C. A crater on Phobos

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14. B

B. Earth

15. C

C. Uranus

16. B

B. Venus

17. A

A. Venus

18. D

D. Jupiter

19. B

B. Enceladus

20. A

A. Mercury

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Written Section

Answer the questions or fill in the blanks

21. Planetary Nebula

22. Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune (No partial credit)

23. Black Holes

24.

Asteroid belt

25. A. B. (No partial credit)

26. Draw the position of the moon during a lunar eclipse, relative to the Sun and Earth and name the phase of the Moon during this event: ~ Label each object ~ Sun Moon Earth Phase: New Moon (No partial credit)

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Matching Write the correct answer letter on the line next to the question number.

Each planet is used only once 27. E A. Earth

28. G B. Jupiter

29. D C. Mars

30. F D. Mercury

31. H E. Neptune

32. B F. Saturn

33. C G. Uranus

34. A H. Venus

Write the correct answer letter on the line next to the question number

There are more definitions than terms

35.

J 40. C

36. M 41. O

37. F 42. L

38. N 43. H

39. K 44. I

A. Dark spot

B. Bright regions seen in the solar chromosphere

C. A dark or light marking on the surface of an object

D. Distinctive area of broken terrain

E. Crater formed by an explosion or collapse of a volcanic vent

F. Line of cliffs produced by faulting or erosion

G. The volume over which an object exerts a gravitational pull

H. The dark central region of a sunspot

I. The point at which the solar wind meets the interstellar medium

J. Of, relating to, or concerned with the stars

K. Bright spot

L. A fireball that produces a sonic boom

M. Fluid circulation driven by temperature gradients in the presence of gravity

N. Chain of craters

O. Shallow crater; scalloped, complex edge P. The magnetic field carried with the solar wind Q. Having the sun as a center

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Star Charts

Write the correct constellation name or star on the line next to the question number. A star will have an

arrow pointing at it.

45. Lyra

46. Ursa Minor

47. Dubhe `

48. Bootes

49. Spica

50. Regalus

51. Cassiopeia

52. Merak

53. Deneb

54. Aquila

55. Antares

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Tie Breakers

Pts. Achieved

I. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 8 Pts total: Parial credit for

each planet as long as order

remains correct

II. Io, Ganymede, Europa, Callisto 4 Pts total: 1 pt for each

correct answer

III. Valles Marinaris, Olympus Mons, Victoria’s Crater, Happy Face

Crater, etc…

2 Pts total: No pts for

additional features

IV. Kuiper Belt 1 Pt

V. Mercury 1 Pt

VI. Temperature. Also accept answers in terms of gradients, i.e.,

Blue=hot, red=cool

1 pt

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