Chapter 4 quiz_ ASTRON 001 _ Elementary Astronomy - Kiley D. - FALL 2023 - SECTION# 14762
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Chapter 4 quiz: ASTRON 001 : Elementary Astronomy - Kiley D. - FALL 2023 - SECTION# 14762
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Chapter 4 quiz
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Dec 16 at 11:59pm
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Question 1
Which of the following are the jovian planets?
only Jupiter and Saturn.
only Jupiter.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune only.
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everything past Mars and the asteroid belt.
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Question 2
Which planet by itself contains the majority of mass of all the planets?
Jupiter.
Venus.
The Earth.
The Sun.
Saturn.
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Question 3
Most astronomers now believe the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million
years ago was caused by a large asteroid impacting the Yucatan
peninsula area.
True
False
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Question 4
All meteor showers are one-time events.
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True
False
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Question 5
As the solar nebula contracts, it
reverses its direction of rotation.
flattens out into the ecliptic plane around the Sun's poles.
loses angular momentum.
cools due to condensation.
spins faster due to conservation of angular momentum.
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Question 6
Most of the extrasolar planets found so far were detected by
receiving radio transmissions from them, much like Jupiter emits.
noting the Doppler shifts of the star as the planet orbits it from side to side.
detecting the oxygen in their atmospheres spectroscopically.
noting the drop in the star's light as the planet transits its disk.
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imaging them with the Hubble Space Telescope in the infrared, where they
are easier to spot.
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Question 7
What is the source of the material of a meteor shower?
Oort cloud.
Collisions between asteroids.
Kuiper belt.
Solar wind.
Comets.
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Question 8
The Oort Cloud lies closer to the Sun than the Kuiper Belt.
True
False
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Question 9
As a rotating gas cloud contracts, it spins faster.
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True
False
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Question 10
In the leading theory of solar system formation, the planets
were ejected from the Sun following a close encounter with another star.
were created in the Big Bang.
formed from the same attened, swirling gas cloud that formed the Sun.
are much younger than the Sun.
are much older than the Sun.
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