Solar System Online Test

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1. What percentage of Earth's atmosphere is composed of nitrogen?

a) Approximately 21%

b) Approximately 50%

c) Approximately 78%

d) Approximately 90%

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2. What is the name of the dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt, known for its elongated shape and rapid rotation?

a) Pluto

b) Haumea

c) Eris

d) Makemake

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3. What effect do tidal forces have on celestial bodies?

a) They cause heating and melting of the surface

b) They cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

c) They cause the elongation and deformation of the body

d) They cause the body to lose its atmosphere

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4. Which asteroid is the largest object in the Asteroid Belt?

a) Vesta

b) Ceres

c) Pallas

d) Hygiea

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5. Which Mars rover is equipped with a drill to collect samples of Martian rocks and soil for analysis?

a) New Horizons

b) Juno

c) Curiosity

d) Opportunity

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6. What is the effect of a strong solar wind on satellites in orbit around Earth?

a) It has no effect

b) It can damage their electronics and alter their orbits

c) It can increase their speed

d) It can make them invisible to ground stations

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7. Which moon of Jupiter has a thin atmosphere composed mostly of carbon dioxide, with surface pressures less than one-thousandth of Earth's?

a) Io

b) Europa

c) Ganymede

d) Callisto

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8. Which moon of Saturn is known for its dense atmosphere, which is primarily composed of nitrogen and methane, and its hydrocarbon lakes and seas on its surface?

a) Titan

b) Enceladus

c) Mimas

d) Iapetus

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9. Which space telescope is set to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope and is designed to observe the universe in the infrared spectrum?

a) Hubble Space Telescope

b) James Webb Space Telescope

c) Keck Observatory

d) Chandra X-ray Observatory

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10. What is the name of the intense radiation belt surrounding Jupiter?

a) Van Allen Belts

b) Kuiper Belt

c) Oort Cloud

d) Magnetosphere

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11. What is the solar wind?

a) A stream of water particles from the Sun

b) A flow of charged particles released from the Sun's atmosphere

c) A type of solar radiation

d) A gravitational wave from the Sun

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12. Which moon of Jupiter is the largest moon in the Solar System, even larger than the planet Mercury?

a) Io

b) Europa

c) Ganymede

d) Callisto

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13. What is the average surface temperature of Pluto?

a) -200°C (-328°F)

b) -100°C (-148°F)

c) 0°C (32°F)

d) 100°C (212°F)

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14. What is the name of the largest impact basin on Mars, covering a vast region of the planet's southern hemisphere?

a) Hellas Planitia

b) Valles Marineris

c) Utopia Planitia

d) Argyre Planitia

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15. How many major rings does Saturn's ring system consist of?

a) 2

b) 5

c) 7

d) 9

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16. What is the name of the elongated extension of Earth's magnetosphere on the side opposite the Sun?

a) Magnetotail

b) Magnetopause

c) Plasmasphere

d) Van Allen Belts

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17. What phenomenon on Venus is characterized by a slow retrograde rotation, meaning it rotates in the opposite direction of most planets in the Solar System?

a) Axial tilt

b) Retrograde rotation

c) Synodic period

d) Orbital resonance

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18. What is the approximate distance from the Sun to the inner edge of the Asteroid Belt?

a) 0.5 AU

b) 2 AU

c) 3 AU

d) 4 AU

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19. What type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

a) Sedimentary

b) Metamorphic

c) Igneous

d) None of the above

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20. What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system, located on Mars?

a) Mount Everest

b) Olympus Mons

c) Mount Kilimanjaro

d) Mauna Kea

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21. What effect does tidal heating have on celestial bodies?

a) It causes the elongation and deformation of the body

b) It causes the loss of the body's atmosphere

c) It causes heating and melting of the body's interior

d) It causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

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22. Which moon of Mars is closer to the planet?

a) Phobos

b) Deimos

c) Titan

d) Ganymede

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23. Which space probe was the first to fly by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, providing detailed data on these gas giants and their moons?

a) Voyager 1

b) Voyager 2

c) Pioneer 10

d) Pioneer 11

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24. What is the name of the large impact crater on the Moon's surface that contains the Sea of Tranquility, where Apollo 11 landed?

a) Tycho

b) Clavius

c) Mare Tranquillitatis

d) Copernicus

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25. What are the high-altitude clouds on Venus primarily composed of?

a) Water vapor

b) Sulfuric acid

c) Methane

d) Ammonia

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26. Which of the following is NOT a type of rock formed by the process of weathering and erosion?

a) Sedimentary rock

b) Igneous rock

c) Metamorphic rock

d) None of the above

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27. Which planet in the Solar System exhibits extensive canyon systems, including Valles Marineris, which is considered the largest canyon in the Solar System?

a) Mars

b) Venus

c) Earth

d) Mercury

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28. What geological feature on Earth is formed by the stretching and thinning of the crust, leading to the sinking of blocks of land between parallel faults?

a) Impact crater

b) Rift valley

c) Trench

d) Fold mountain

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29. Which effect of tidal forces is responsible for the gradual recession of the Moon from Earth and the lengthening of Earth's day?

a) Tidal heating

b) Tidal friction

c) Tidal stretching

d) Tidal locking

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30. What is the name of the spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to study Mercury?

a) Rosetta

b) BepiColombo

c) Dawn

d) Akatsuki

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