CLMS CERTIFICATION TEST BANK
BUNDLED TESTS SOLVED QUESTIONS
EXPERT CERTIFIED 100 PERCENT
CORRECT
⩥ aphelion.
Answer: the place in the orbit of a planet where the planet is farthest
from the sun
⩥ perihelion.
Answer: Nearest point to the sun in the orbit of a heavenly body
⩥ centripetal force.
Answer: the inward force required to keep a particle or an object moving
in a circular path
⩥ solar nebula.
Answer: A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets
formed; also any nebula from which stars and exoplanets may form.
⩥ planetesimal.
,Answer: A small body from which a planet originated in the early stages
of development of the solar system.
⩥ nuclear fusion.
Answer: ..., a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more
massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
⩥ sunspot.
Answer: a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's
photosphere
⩥ solar flare.
Answer: A sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the
sun's surface.
⩥ prominence.
Answer: A loop of relatively cool, incandescent gas that extends above
the photosphere and above the Sun's edge as seen from Earth.
⩥ terrestrial planet.
Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars- highly dense planets nearest the
sun
⩥ astronomical unit.
, Answer: The average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150
million kilometers
⩥ gas giant.
Answer: A large planet that consists mostly of gases in a dense form.
The four large planets in the outer solar system- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune.
⩥ planetary ring.
Answer: a disk of matter that encircles a planet and consists of numerous
particles in orbit, ranging in size from dust grains up to objects tens of
meters across
⩥ dwarf planet.
Answer: orbits the Sun; sphere shape; has not cleared the region of its
orbit; not a moon
⩥ Kulper Belt.
Answer: a doughnut-shaped region that stretches from beyond Neptune's
orbit to about 100 times Earth's distance from the sun
⩥ Kulper Belt object.
Answer: one of the hundreds or thousands of minor planet-sized objects
that orbit the sun in a flat belt beyond Neptune's orbit.
BUNDLED TESTS SOLVED QUESTIONS
EXPERT CERTIFIED 100 PERCENT
CORRECT
⩥ aphelion.
Answer: the place in the orbit of a planet where the planet is farthest
from the sun
⩥ perihelion.
Answer: Nearest point to the sun in the orbit of a heavenly body
⩥ centripetal force.
Answer: the inward force required to keep a particle or an object moving
in a circular path
⩥ solar nebula.
Answer: A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets
formed; also any nebula from which stars and exoplanets may form.
⩥ planetesimal.
,Answer: A small body from which a planet originated in the early stages
of development of the solar system.
⩥ nuclear fusion.
Answer: ..., a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more
massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
⩥ sunspot.
Answer: a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's
photosphere
⩥ solar flare.
Answer: A sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the
sun's surface.
⩥ prominence.
Answer: A loop of relatively cool, incandescent gas that extends above
the photosphere and above the Sun's edge as seen from Earth.
⩥ terrestrial planet.
Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars- highly dense planets nearest the
sun
⩥ astronomical unit.
, Answer: The average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150
million kilometers
⩥ gas giant.
Answer: A large planet that consists mostly of gases in a dense form.
The four large planets in the outer solar system- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune.
⩥ planetary ring.
Answer: a disk of matter that encircles a planet and consists of numerous
particles in orbit, ranging in size from dust grains up to objects tens of
meters across
⩥ dwarf planet.
Answer: orbits the Sun; sphere shape; has not cleared the region of its
orbit; not a moon
⩥ Kulper Belt.
Answer: a doughnut-shaped region that stretches from beyond Neptune's
orbit to about 100 times Earth's distance from the sun
⩥ Kulper Belt object.
Answer: one of the hundreds or thousands of minor planet-sized objects
that orbit the sun in a flat belt beyond Neptune's orbit.
