Unit 3 Review Quiz Results

Unit 3 Review Quiz Results
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1. How many new asteroids are discovered each year? *

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The correct answer is: About a thousand

2. Neptune is blue because of methane in its atmosphere *

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The correct answer is: True

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3. Where is the main telescope that is looking for Planet X? *

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The correct answer is: Hawaii

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4. How is the Sun’s energy created? *

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The correct answer is: Nuclear fusion

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5. How long is the Communications Delay between Earth and the moon? *

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The correct answer is: 1.4 seconds

6. What country landed the first rover on the dark side of the moon? *

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The correct answer is: China

7. Why does Mars look red? *

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The correct answer is: Iron oxide particles in the soil

8. Saturn is an ice giant *

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The correct answer is: False

9. Which of these makes Pluto a binary system? *

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The correct answer is: Charon

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10. What is the Great Red Spot? *

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The correct answer is: A storm

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11. What is the largest moon in the solar system? *

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The correct answer is: Ganymede

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12. When did Galileo see Jupiter? *

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The correct answer is: 1610

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13. What is NOT something we'd probably be able to harvest from asteroids? *

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The correct answer is: Iron

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14. Why did NASA crash the Cassini spacecraft? *

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The correct answer is: To keep it from contaminating someplace that might have life

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15. Percival Lowell discovered Pluto. *

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The correct answer is: False

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16. What is an Astronomical Unit? *

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The correct answer is: The distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Sun

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17. How many Kuiper Belt Objects have been discovered? *

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The correct answer is: More than 2000

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18. What are the main elements of the Earth’s core? *

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The correct answer is: Iron and nickel

19. The atmosphere of a comet is called a coma. *

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The correct answer is: True

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20. What did the Golden Record contain? *

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The correct answer is: All of these

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