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Grade 11 Planetary Motion
                occurs when the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon, blocking out the Sun.
  1. Eclipse
  2. Solar eclipse
  3. Lunar eclipse
  4. Umbra
  5. Penumbra
Grade 11 Planetary Motion
Largest part of an eclipse, less dark, outer part of the shadow.
  1. Eclipse
  2. Solar eclipse
  3. Lunar eclipse
  4. Umbra
  5. Penumbra
Grade 11 Planetary Motion
The Moon casts a shadow on Earth (Moon blocks out the Sun).
  1. Eclipse
  2. Solar eclipse
  3. Lunar eclipse
  4. Umbra
  5. Penumbra
Grade 11 Sun
Sunspots seem to move across the surface of the Sun. What evidence does it tell us?
  1. The Sun is hot.
  2. The Sun rotates.
  3. There are solar eclipses.
  4. Earth revolves around the Sun.
Grade 11 Sun
The Sun is composed mainly of which two gases?
  1. hydrogen and helium
  2. oxygen and carbon dioxide
  3. nitrogen and oxygen
  4. none of the above
Grade 11 Planetary Motion
The darkest part of the Moon's shadow during an eclipse.
  1. Maria
  2. Crater
  3. Highlands
  4. Umbra
  5. Penumbra
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris are all located in the                  .
  1. Kuiper Belt
  2. Asteroid Belt
  3. Oort Cloud
  4. None of the above
Grade 11 Solar System
The solar system coalesced due to rotational forces and                .
  1. gravity.
  2. heat.
  3. radioactivity.
  4. solar wind.
Grade 11 The Moon
Why are temperatures so extreme on the Moon?
  1. It is far away from the Sun.
  2. The wind is always blowing.
  3. It has no atmosphere.
  4. None of the above.
Grade 11 Inner Planets
About how old is the planet Earth?
  1. 4,500 years
  2. 450,000 years
  3. 4,500,000 years
  4. 4,500,000,000 years
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What do comets and asteroids have in common?
  1. They both have a long elliptical orbit.
  2. They are both made up of rock, ice, and gaseous materials.
  3. They orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
  4. They are both remnants from the materials that formed the Solar System.
Grade 11 Sun
What is the fuel for the nuclear fusion in the Sun's core?
  1. Methane
  2. Oxygen
  3. Hydrogen
  4. Helium
Grade 11 Planetary Motion
Who was the first person to propose that Earth and the other planets move around the Sun?
  1. Aristotle
  2. Copernicus
  3. Galileo
  4. Newton
Grade 11 Inner Planets
Earth's heat originated from                        .
  1. gravitation coalescence
  2. the Sun
  3. radioactive decay
  4. all of the above
Grade 11 Planetary Motion
This is the darkest, smallest part of an eclipse.
  1. Eclipse
  2. Solar eclipse
  3. Lunar eclipse
  4. Umbra
  5. Penumbra
Grade 11 Outer Planets
Which of the following had early discovered four of the many moons of Jupiter?
  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. Johannes Kepler
  3. Nicholas Copernicus
  4. Tycho Brahe
Grade 11 Sun
About how much longer do scientists think the Sun will exist as we know it?
  1. 500 years
  2. 5 billion years
  3. 5 million years
  4. 5 trillion years
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