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Test I. IDENTIFICATION
Asteroid belt
_________1. study of everything beyond earth.
Astronomy
_________2. Another word for universe
Centaurs
_________3. The border of the Solar System where it meets interstellar space
Cosmonauts
and bow shock starts is called the ________________
Cosmos
_________4. In interstellar space, there are still particles of dust, plasma and
Edwin hubble
ionized gas, are known as the____________
Equator
_________5. Our Sun, also named _______, has gravitational influences that
Exoplanets
may extend out as far as out as two light years.
Full moon
_________6. Our Solar System travels on an arm of our Milky Way galaxy. The
Heliopause
arm is called __________
Interstellar cloud
_________7. ______ is the amount of time light takes (at 186,000 miles a
Kuiper belt
second), to travel in a year
Light year
_________8. This is composed of comets that eventually head towards the
Local spur
inner solar system, are composed of ice and dust and centaurs
Northern hemisphere
_________9. Objects that can reach the size of planetoids and have unstable
Oort cloud
orbits that change over time. They can be composed of ice, carbonized and
Outer solar system
dusty materials.
Satellites
_________10. _____ is found at the edge of the Solar System and is
Scattered disk
populated by icy objects that will find their way into the inner parts of the
Sol
Solar System
Sunday
_________11. a measurement of speed and relative location between
Taikonauts
objects.
Time
_________12. middle part of the earth
Universal time
_________13. northern half of our planet
Vernal equinox
_________14. has a balance of hours between daylight and night
_________15. marked the beginning of a new period, or month
_________16. ____is determined by the first Sunday after the first full moon and after the vernal
equinox.
_________17. _____is affected by gravity and motion. It is also affected by the expansion of space and
the universe itself.
_________18. Just beyond Mars and before the gas planets. This region is called the_______. Its filled
with rocks that vary greatly in size and composition.
_________19. Beyond the asteroid belt lies the realm of the gas planets known as the_______
_________20. _____ a cold and dark region that contains rocks, ice and is quite cold. This area contains
dwarf planets also known as trans - neptunian planetoids.
_________21. planets beyond our solar system
_________22. orbiting spacecraft that provide communications and observations
_________23. Chinese astronauts
_________24. Russian astronauts
_________25. discovered that our galaxy was not the total Universe, but was one of many

TEST II. ENUMERATION

1 4. The inner solar system region beyond the sun is dominated by four rocky planets
5 7. The orbiting objects that dominate the Solar System can be classified into three groups
8 -11. Beyond the asteroid belt lies the realm of the four gas planets

TEST III. ESSAY

1. Why is it important to the study the cosmos? (4 points)

Astronomy
Cosmos
Heliopause
interstellar cloud
Sol
Local Spur
Light year
Oort Cloud
Centaurs
Scattered Disk
Time
Equator
Northern Hemisphere
vernal equinox
full moon
Sunday
Universal time
Asteroid Belt
outer solar system
Kuiper Belt
Exoplanets
Satellites
Taikonauts
Cosmonauts
Edwin Hubble