Science bowl Astronomy Questions and Answers Already Passed

Science bowl Astronomy Questions and Answers Already Passed Multiple Choice: The largest circular storm in our solar system is on the surface of which of the following planets? w) Jupiter x) Venus y) Uranus z) Earth W--Jupiter Short Answer: The rapidly moving stream of charged particles that is being driven away from the sun is known as what? Solar Wind Multiple Choice: The biggest asteroid known is: w) Vesta x) Icarus y) Ceres z) Eros Y-- Ceres Multiple Choice: Rounded to the nearest day, the Mercurian year is equal to: w) 111 days x) 88 days y) 50 days z) 25 days X -- 88 Days Multiple Choice: One of the largest volcanos in our solar system-if not the largest-is named Olympus Mons. This volcano is located on: w) Jupiter's moon Callisto x) Venus y) Saturn's moon Titan z) Mars Z -- MARS Multiple Choice: One Jupiter day is equal to which of the following? w) 30hrs40min x) 9 hrs 50 min y) 3 hrs 20 min z) 52hrs10min X -- 9 HRS 50 MIN The time interval between two successive occurrences of a specific type of alignment of a planet (or the moon) with the sun and the earth is referred to as: w) a conjunction x) an opposition y) a sidereal period z) a synodic period. X -- A SYNODIC PERIOD Short Answer: During the period between 1979 and 1998, what is the farthest planet from the sun? NEPTUNE Multiple Choice: Of the following four times, which one best represents the time it takes energy generated in the core of the sun to reach the surface of the sun and be radiated? w) Three minutes x) Thirty days y) One thousand years z) One million years Z -- ONE MILLION YEARS Multiple Choice: The sunspot cycle is: w) 3 years x) 11 years y) 26 years z) 49 years X -- 11 YEARS Multiple Choice: The Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram of stars DIRECTLY compares what TWO of the following properties of stars? w) size x) temperature y) luminosity z) density X AND Y -- TEMPERATURE AND LUMINOSITY Multiple Choice: The andromeda Galaxy is which