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Voyager 1
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Which two planets did Voyager 1 visit?
- Mars & Jupiter.
- Jupiter & Saturn.
- Saturn & Uranus.
- Uranus & Neptune.
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2. Jupiter & Saturn
How far is Voyager 1 from Earth right now?
- 23 km.
- 23 thousand km.
- 23 million km.
- 23 billion km.
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4. 23 billion km.
What defines the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space?
- End of our sun's gravitational field.
- Orbit of Neptune, the farthest planet.
- Oort Cloud, a sphere of icy debris beyond Pluto.
- Heliopause, where solar and interstellar wind pressure are in balance.
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4. Heliopause, where solar and interstellar wind pressure are in balance.
What is voyager 1 doing right now?
- Exploring interstellar space.
- Hibernating.
- Returning to Earth.
- Chasing aliens.
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1. Exploring interstellar space.
What is contained on Voyager 1's golden record?
- Scientific data.
- Electricity.
- Sounds and images of Earth life and culture.
- Computer software.
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3. Sounds and images of Earth life and culture.
Meteor Showers
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What causes meteor showers?
- Comet & asteroid debris burning up in the atmosphere.
- Satellites burning up in the atmosphere.
- Solar wind interacting with the atmosphere.
- Aliens taking pictures with flash.
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1. Comet & asteroid debris burning up in the atmosphere.
Which comet causes the Perseid meteor shower?
- Halley's Comet.
- Comet Hale-Bopp.
- Comet Neowise.
- Comet Swift-Tuttle.
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4. Comet Swift-Tuttle.
How did the Perseid meteor shower get its name?
- An astronomer named Perseus discovered it.
- The meteors emanate from the constellation Perseus.
- The meteors land on the island of Perseus.
- Perseid is an acronym for something longer.
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2. The meteors emanate from the constellation Perseus.
What is a meteor storm?
- A meteorological apocalypse.
- When meteors bombard the Earth.
- When more than 1000 meteors are visible per hour.
- When meteors come from every constellation.
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3. When more than 1000 meteors are visible per hour.
What is a meteorite?
- A meteor that has completely burned up.
- A meteor that has landed on Earth.
- A meteor made of metal.
- A meteor that skipped over the atmosphere.
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2. A meteor that has landed on Earth.
Planets
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Which of these is not a requirement for an object to be considered a planet?
- Must be in orbit around a star.
- Must have enough gravity to be spherical.
- Must have a core.
- Must have cleared its orbit of other similar bodies.
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3. Must have a core.
Mars has the longest canyon in the solar system. What is it called?
- Tharsis Rise.
- Valles Marineris.
- Olympus Mons.
- Acidalia Planitia.
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2. Valles Marineris.
Which planet is closest in mass to Earth?
- Venus.
- Mercury.
- Mars.
- Uranus.
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1. Venus.
What is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune?
- Pioneer 10.
- New Horizons.
- Cassini.
- Voyager 2.
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4. Voyager 2.
Who discovered Uranus?
- William Herschel.
- Galileo Galilei.
- Nicolaus Copernicus.
- Johannes Kepler.
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1. William Herschel.
Jupiter
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Who discovered Jupiter?
- Galileo Galilei.
- Carl Sagan.
- Isaac Newton.
- Nobody - it's been known since ancient times.
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4. Nobody - it's been known since ancient times.
Which spacecraft is currently in orbit around Jupiter?
- Juno.
- Galileo.
- Ulysses.
- Europa Clipper.
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1. Juno.
What is Jupiter's largest moon?
- Europa.
- Ganymede.
- Callisto.
- Io.
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2. Ganymede.
What is the main element in Jupiter's atmosphere?
- Helium
- Oxygen.
- Hydrogen.
- Nitrogen.
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3. Hydrogen.
Jupiter has rings, aurora, hurricanes, and polar vortices?
- True.
- False.
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1. True.