EAPS 105: ASYNCHRONOUS QUIZ 20
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 1. Watch the Unit 10 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: What are the most abundant types of exoplanets found so far?
A) Gas giants
B) Ice giants
C) Super Earths and mini Neptunes
D) Rocky terrestrials - Answer-C) Super Earths and mini Neptunes
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 2. Watch the Unit 10 Part 4 lecture video and answer
the following question: What is a hot Jupiters?
A) A rocky exoplanet that orbits extremely close to its star
B) The most abundant type of exoplanet found so far.
C) A gas giant like Jupiter that orbits extremely close to its star.
D) A gas giant much hotter than Jupiter even though it is at an orbital distance similar to
Jupiter relative to its own star. - Answer-C) A gas giant like Jupiter that orbits extremely
close to its star.
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 3. Watch the Unit 10 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: When is a planet considered to be in the habitable zone?
A) When it shows signs of life.
B) When it is the same distance from its star that Earth is from the Sun.
C) When it has the right temperature to support liquid water on its surface.
D) When it is the same size as Earth. - Answer-C) When it has the right temperature to
support liquid water on its surface.
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 4. Watch the Unit 10 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: Which factor is considered in the calculation of an exoplanet's
Earth Similarity Index?
A) Its radius
B) Its escape velocity
C) Its surface temperature
D) All the above - Answer-D) All the above
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 5. Watch the Unit 10 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: What is unique about the exoplanet Proxima b?
A) It is the only potentially habitable planet the same size and distance from its star as
Earth is from the Sun.
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 1. Watch the Unit 10 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: What are the most abundant types of exoplanets found so far?
A) Gas giants
B) Ice giants
C) Super Earths and mini Neptunes
D) Rocky terrestrials - Answer-C) Super Earths and mini Neptunes
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 2. Watch the Unit 10 Part 4 lecture video and answer
the following question: What is a hot Jupiters?
A) A rocky exoplanet that orbits extremely close to its star
B) The most abundant type of exoplanet found so far.
C) A gas giant like Jupiter that orbits extremely close to its star.
D) A gas giant much hotter than Jupiter even though it is at an orbital distance similar to
Jupiter relative to its own star. - Answer-C) A gas giant like Jupiter that orbits extremely
close to its star.
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 3. Watch the Unit 10 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: When is a planet considered to be in the habitable zone?
A) When it shows signs of life.
B) When it is the same distance from its star that Earth is from the Sun.
C) When it has the right temperature to support liquid water on its surface.
D) When it is the same size as Earth. - Answer-C) When it has the right temperature to
support liquid water on its surface.
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 4. Watch the Unit 10 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: Which factor is considered in the calculation of an exoplanet's
Earth Similarity Index?
A) Its radius
B) Its escape velocity
C) Its surface temperature
D) All the above - Answer-D) All the above
Quiz 20: Unit 10. Part 3. Question 5. Watch the Unit 10 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: What is unique about the exoplanet Proxima b?
A) It is the only potentially habitable planet the same size and distance from its star as
Earth is from the Sun.
