1 / 19

UNIT 2 The Exosphere

UNIT 2 The Exosphere. Basketball Review. QUESTION 1. What is at the center of a heliocentric universe? stars Sun Earth moon. QUESTION 2. The main direction of motion in our solar system is __________ . retrograde clockwise straight c ounter-clockwise. QUESTION 3.

bran
Download Presentation

UNIT 2 The Exosphere

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. UNIT 2The Exosphere Basketball Review

  2. QUESTION 1 • What is at the center of a heliocentric universe? • stars • Sun • Earth • moon

  3. QUESTION 2 • The main direction of motion in our solar system is __________. • retrograde • clockwise • straight • counter-clockwise

  4. QUESTION 3 • The tilt of Earth’s axis averages • 33° • 29.5° • 17° • 23.5°

  5. QUESTION 4 • The first manned mission to land man on the moon was • Apollo 1 • Apollo 8 • Apollo 11 • Apollo 13

  6. QUESTION 5 • The largest volcano in our solar system, Olympus Mons, exists on which Terrestrial planet? • Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars

  7. QUESTION 6 • Which of the following has the highest frequency, shortest wavelength, and most energy? • Radio waves • Ultraviolet radiation • Microwaves • Blue light

  8. QUESTION 7 • Which of the following astronomers did not support a heliocentric view of the universe? • Brahe • Galileo • Aristarchus • Kepler

  9. QUESTION 8 • A spinning top most closely resembles which motion of Earth? • rotation • revolution • precession • acceleration

  10. QUESTION 9 • How much of the moon is always illuminated (lit) by the Sun? • 25% • 50% • 75% • 100%

  11. QUESTION 10 • Which of the following men were not aboard the Apollo 11 mission? • Michael Collins • Alan Shepard • Buzz Aldrin • Neil Armstrong

  12. QUESTION 11 • The Asteroid Belt is located between which two planets? • Earth and Mars • Jupiter and Saturn • Mars and Jupiter • Uranus and Neptune

  13. QUESTION 12 • The seven spectral classes of stars are based primarily on the star’s • size • temperature • distance from Earth • density

  14. QUESTION 13 • The next stage in our Sun’s life is • white dwarf • supernova • black hole • red giant

  15. QUESTION 14 • The smaller, darker zone of full shadow is known as the • ecliptic • umbra • penumbra • reflection

  16. QUESTION 15 • __________ is a Galilean moon of Jupiter believed to have a liquid ocean underneath of its icy surface. • Callisto • Ganymede • Io • Europa

  17. QUESTION 16 • A star’s death is determined by its • temperature • location • mass • color

  18. QUESTION 17 • What is the shell of gases, often emitted by a red giant star as it continues its death? • supernova • planetary nebula • black hole • solar flare

  19. QUESTION 18 • Which of the following is not a type of galaxy? • elliptical • spherical • irregular • spiral

More Related