Draft:Original research/Pluto/Quiz

Pluto is a lecture about Pluto and its system. It is an offering of the radiation astronomy department of the school of physics and astronomy.

You are free to take this quiz based on Pluto at any time.

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Quiz
{Yes or No, Messenger and Mariner 10 both explored Mars. - Yes + No
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{Pluto is the second largest dwarf planet known after { Eris (i) }.
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{Yes or No, Over a weekend, scientists discovered that Pluto is a bit bigger than they expected. + Yes - No
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{Complete the text: At heights of about 11,000 feet, the Norgay { Montes (i) } most closely approximates the height of the { Rockies (i) }.
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{True or False, The chemical element astatine has been mapped by a gamma-ray spectrometer over the rocky surface of the Pluto. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Yes or No, The Galileo spacecraft took pictures of Pluto. - Yes + No
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{Which of the following is involved in planetary astronomy more so than planetary science? + the occurrence of blue rock types on the surface of rocky objects - Pluto and other rocky objects have a green mineral containing mantle - checking equations about complex systems + the advantages of a 559 nm band pass - digging holes in the surface of Pluto + surface temperatures low enough to produce methane lakes
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{True or False, Hematite occurs as a blue to bluish-gray mineral on Pluto. + False - True
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{Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930, by Clyde { Tombaugh (i) }.
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{Yes or No, The Mars Odyssey spacecraft took pictures of Pluto on its way to Mars. - Yes + No
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{Yes or No, The New Horizons spacecraft discovered that Pluto is a bit bigger than they expected. + Yes - No
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Exploration consists of going there to study what's there by being there.