Stars/Solar systems/Quiz

Solar systems is a lecture about systems such as the one of Sol.

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Quiz
{Yes or No, Stars of spectral classes F and G, such as our sun, have color temperatures that make them look "greenish". - Yes + No
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{Complete the text: With respect to Callisto, the cratered plains constitute most of the { surface (i) } area and represent the { ancient (i) } lithosphere, a mixture of ice and { rocky (i) } material.
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{True or False, Mars may have suffered asteroid impacts. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Meteorites found on Earth may be from which of the following? - Saturn - Mercury + the Moon + the asteroid belt - Jupiter + Mars
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{True or False, A picture of planets beyond our solar system has been captured using a telescope with a modest-sized mirror. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Match up the blue object with the possibilities below: Sun - H Mercury - I Venus - J Earth - K Meteorite on Mars - L Pallas - M Comet Holmes - N Europa - O Io - P Saturn - Q Enceladus - R Tethys - S Titan - T Neptune - U Abell 370 - V SN 1987A - W Crab Nebula - X { T (i) }. { H (i) }. { N (i) }. { M (i) }. { S (i) }. { X (i) }. { O (i) }. { J (i) }. { V (i) }. { K (i) }. { R (i) }. { W (i) }. { Q (i) }. { L (i) }. { U (i) }. { I (i) }. { P (i) }.
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{True or False, 2M1207b is a Jupiter-like planet, 5 times more massive than Jupiter. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is a phenomenon associated historically with Titania? - Jupiter + a large, trenchlike feature - a relatively light surface - few or no canyons and scarps - very few impact craters - helium ice
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{True or False, CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9 is the closest such object to the Solar System that does not orbit a star. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Match up the violet or violet containing image with the object letter: Sun - A Venus - B Earth - C Moon - D Mars - E Jupiter - F Ganymede - G Io - H Saturn - I Dione - J Titan - K Uranus - L Ariel - M Miranda - N Triton - O Eta Carinae - P NGC 5584 - Q { N (i) }. { K (i) }. { O (i) }. { J (i) }. { I (i) }. { E (i) }. { Q (i) }. { F (i) }. { P (i) }. { B (i) }. { H (i) }. { L (i) }. { D (i) }. { G (i) } { C (i) }. { A (i) }. { M (i) }.
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{Which of the following are theoretical radiation astronomy phenomena associated with a planet? + possible orbits - a hyperbolic orbit - nuclear fusion at its core - nuclear fusion in its ionosphere - near the barycenter of its stellar system + accretion + electric arcs + impact craters
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{Complete the text: Match up the object viewed in the ultraviolet with its image: Sun's chromosphere- L calcite - M Venus - N Jupiter's aurora - O Jupiter - P Io - Q Saturn - R Betelgeuse - S Mira - T LAB-1 - U Messier 101 - V { L (i) }. { Q (i) }. { T (i) }. { N (i) }. { R (i) }. { O (i) }. { U (i) } { S (i) }. { P (i) }. { M (i) }. { V (i) }.
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{True or False, Callisto's surface is uniformly colored but is not uniform in craters. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Complete the text: Match up the object with the image: Callisto - A Vatnajökull, Iceland - B the Cryosphere - C Antarctica - D Ganymede - E Europa - F { D (i) }. { A (i) }. { F (i) }. { C (i) }. { E (i) } { B (i) }.
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{Which of the following radiation astronomy phenomena are associated with the rocky object Mercury? + apparent impact craters - an excess brightness at or near the edge - the iron XIV line + neutron emission - polar coronal holes + meteor emission - changes in the line-blanketing
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{Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the rocky-object Io? + surface regions reflecting or emitting violet or purple - an excess brightness at or near the edge + red regions that may be phosphorus - neutron emission - polar coronal holes + meteor emission - rotation
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{Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the apparent liquid-object Earth? + rain + snow + hail + neutron emission - polar coronal holes + meteor emission - rotation
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{Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the gaseous-object Neptune? - Voyager 2 + blue rays + clouds - neutron emission - polar coronal holes + meteor emission - rotation
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Most of the stars in the Milky Way have solar systems.