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Grade 11 Inner Planets
Venus has a surface temperature of about                             .
  1. 375° Celsius
  2. 475° Celsius
  3. 125° Celsius
  4. 250° Celsius
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is the difference between an asteroid and comet?
  1. A comet orbits the sun and an asteroid does not.
  2. When a comet comes near the sun it loses material while an asteroid typically remains solid.
  3. An asteroid is formed from leftovers from the formation of the solar system and a comet is not.
  4. An asteroid orbits the sun in the oort cloud while a comet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
Grade 11 Inner Planets
Which inner planets have atmospheres substantial enough to generate weather?
  1. Mercury, Venus, Earth
  2. Mercury, Earth, Mars
  3. Venus, Earth, Mars
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Is Pluto considered a planet?
  1. Yes, because Pluto has an orbit
  2. Yes, because Pluto has moons
  3. No, because Pluto doesn't deserve to be a planet.
  4. No, because Pluto is unable to clear the neighborhood surrounding its orbit.
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which dwarf planet is located in the asteroid belt?
  1. Ceres
  2. Eris
  3. Pluto
  4. Vesta
Grade 11 Outer Planets
What god was Jupiter named after?
  1. the king of gods
  2. the messenger of gods
  3. the god of the underworld
  4. the god of war
Grade 11 Sun
First layer of Sun's atmosphere, also the surface of the Sun is the                .
  1. core
  2. convection zone
  3. radiation zone
  4. photosphere
  5. chromosphere
  6. corona
  7. solar winds
  8. sunspots
Grade 11 Sun
How long does it take to complete the sunspot cycle?
  1. 29.5 days
  2. 24 months
  3. 11 years
  4. 22 years
Grade 11 The Moon
What is the best description of the surface of the Moon?
  1. solidified lava and cratered highlands
  2. mountains and soil
  3. flatlands covered in sand
  4. none of the above
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
How long, in diameter, is Pluto?
  1. 1,476.8 miles
  2. 3.8 billion miles
  3. 1,476.9 kilometers
  4. 3.9 trillion cups
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
How long is a day on Pluto?
  1. 15 minutes on Earth
  2. 1,375 days on Earth
  3. 6 days, 9 hours, 36 minutes on Earth
  4. 3 days, 59 hours, 36 minutes on Earth
Grade 11 Sun
It is the outermost layer of Sun's atmosphere.
  1. core
  2. convection zone
  3. radiation zone
  4. photosphere
  5. chromosphere
  6. corona
  7. solar winds
  8. sunspots
Grade 11 Outer Planets
How far is Jupiter's average distance from the Sun?
  1. 6.2 AU
  2. 5,000 km
  3. 5.2 AU
  4. 7.2 AU
Grade 11 Sun
Dark spots on the surface of the Sun
  1. Corona
  2. Sunspots
  3. Convection Zone
  4. Core
  5. Solar Flare
  6. Chromosphere
  7. Prominence
  8. Photosphere
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto is located in the Kuiper Belt.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 11 Inner Planets
Water exists on Venus in what form?
  1. water vapor
  2. oceans
  3. ice
  4. none of the above
Grade 11 Inner Planets
How does water exist on Mars?
  1. in deposits of water ice near the poles
  2. in oceans along its surface
  3. as rain
  4. none of the above
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