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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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49
48
47 46
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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
Total