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The four planets closer to the sun are called |
Gaseous planets
Asteroid planets
Blue planets
Rocky planets
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2 |
What is the name for an object that goes around another object backwards calleds? |
Retrograde
Upside down
Prograde
Normal
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3 |
What is a bright region in the sun called? |
Prominence
Sunspot
Plage
Flare
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4 |
What is the brightness scale of stars called? |
Magnitude
Temperature
Albedo
Density
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5 |
What is a fireball that produces a sonic boom called? |
Meteorite
Bolide
Comet
No such object
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6 |
A medium sized icy solar system object is called a? |
Asteroid
Planet
Comet
Star
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7 |
The uppermost region of the Sun is called the? |
Photosphere
Ionosphere
Chromosphere
Corona
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8 |
Light travels at 186,282 miles per: |
Hour
Minute
Second
Year
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9 |
What is a bright streak of light seen in the sky? |
Meteorite
Asteroid
Meteoroid
Meteor
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10 |
A star that flares up for a short time and then returns to its original magnitude is a: |
Pulsar
Nova
Quasar
Black hole
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11 |
The ________ is also known as the Northern Lights. |
Aurora borealis
Nova
Quasar
Black hole
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12 |
What is it called when the sun is blocked out by the Moon's shadow? |
Lunar eclipse
Earth eclipse
Solar eclipse
Partial eclipse
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13 |
How many astronomical units (AU) is the planet Mercury from the Sun? |
1.00 AU
38 AU
3.8 AU
10.0 AU
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14 |
Which planet countains largest quantity of carbon dioxide with 95%? |
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
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15 |
Which is the brightest planet in the Solar System? |
Jupiter
Mercury
Uranus
Venus
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16 |
The planet which revolves very slowly around the sun is: |
Neptune
Jupiter
Mars
None of these
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17 |
The temperature of Sun's centre is 15 million C and the temperature of outer surface of sun is: |
4000 to 5000<sup>o</sup>C
4500 to 5000<sup>o</sup>C
4500 to 5000<sup>o</sup>C
5500 to 6000<sup>o</sup>C
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18 |
What causes aurora? |
Impact of atomic particles from the sun
Rainbows
Jet trails in the sky
High clouds
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19 |
What is the object called before it enters our atmosphere? |
Meteorite
Jupiter
Meteor
Meteoroid
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20 |
Most meteorites come from? |
The Sun
The Moon
The asteroid belt
Mars
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21 |
What is usually seen near the poles in the night sky that can be red, yellow or green? |
Zodiacal light
Aurora
Gegenschein
Plage
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22 |
How many planets are present in our galaxy? |
9
8
10
11
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23 |
Which planet takes the largest time to go once around the sun? |
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
Pluto
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24 |
Pluto was discovered on what date? |
January 13, 1908
December 17, 1916
December 11, 1921
February 18, 1930
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25 |
Which planet shares an orbit with two groups of asteroids, known as the Trojan Asteroids? |
Saturn
Venus
Pluto
Jupiter
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26 |
Jupiter is named for the god? |
Zeus
Hercules
Apollo
Ares
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27 |
The visible part of the sun is called: |
Ionosphere
Hydrosphere
Photosphere
Troposphere
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28 |
When Neptune officially was discovered? |
September 23, 1846
September 23, 1781
September 23, 1930
September 23, 1864
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29 |
Which planet's winds are the fastest in the Solar system? |
Neptune
Mercury
Pluto
Jupiter
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30 |
Mercurys year is how many Earth's days? |
59
88
365
28
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31 |
What does the surface of Mercury look like? |
Molten lava
Cratered like our Moon
Mercury has no visible surface
Gas clouds
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32 |
What are 'Red giants'? |
Caucasians
Old Stars
Young stars
None of these
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33 |
What are 'Red giants? |
Caucasians
Old Stars
Youngs Stars
None of these
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34 |
'Blue dwarfs' refer to: |
Caucasians
Young stars
Old stars
None of these
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35 |
Saturn's atmosphere is mostly: |
Sulfur and Hydrogen
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Hydrogen and Helium
Hydrogen and Nitrogen
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36 |
Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), was established on |
September 16, 1960
September 16, 1961
September 16, 1962
September 16, 1963
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37 |
The first artificial satellite was launched in: |
October 4, 1951
October 4, 1961
October 4, 1957
October 4, 1967
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38 |
Which of the following planets has the maximum number of satellites? |
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Venus
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39 |
The highest radius of earth is at: |
Cancer
Capricorn
Poles
Equator
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40 |
Where on earth is the duration of sunshine equal all times? |
Equator
Tropics
Both of these
Poles
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41 |
The inclination of the earth's axis to plane of the orbit is--- |
90<sup>o</sup>
23 1/2<sup>o</sup>
66 1/2<sup>o</sup>
0<sup>o</sup>
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42 |
The earth rotates from: |
East to West
North to South
South to North
West to East
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43 |
The shape of the earth is: |
Flat
Conical
Cubical
Spherical
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44 |
How old is the Earth? |
5.0 to 5.1 Billion years
4.8 to 5.0 Billion years
4.0 to 4.2 Billion years
4.5 to 4.6 Billion years
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45 |
What temperature can the center of Earth's core reach up to? |
7000 K
7500 K
7300 K
8100 K
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