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Astronomy Category 1 9th - 10th Grades SAMPLE TEST

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ASTRONOMY EXAM Grade 9 - 10 (CATEGORY 1)

1. The mean number of moons orbiting a planet 4. What is the name of the rocket that carried
in the solar system is 23.125 (this mean is the Apollo 11 module into space?
defined as the total number of moons orbiting
planets divided by total number of planets). If
over the next 10 years 30 additional moons are
discovered, what is the new mean?

a. Saturn IV b. Saturn V
c. Titan V d. Titan IV

a. 26.875 moons per planet 5. The current flowing through a wire is 3 A.


b. 26 moons per planet Find the number of electrons that pass through
c. 26.458 moons per planet the wire in 3 seconds. (the charge on one
d. 25 moons per planet electron is approximately 1.6x10-19 C).

2. A person weighs 500 N on Earth. What is


this person’s mass on Mars? (Assume Mars’
acceleration due to gravity on its surface is half
that of Earth’s, and use g=10 m/s2)

a. 5.625x1019 electrons
b. 1.875x1019 electrons
c. 6.25x1018 electrons
d. 6.25x1019 electrons
a. 250 N b. 25 kg
c. 500 kg d. 50 kg 6. Kepler’s third law states that the square of
the time period of revolution of a planet around
3. The Moon rises almost 2 hours before the the Sun is directly proportional to the cube of
Sun has set on a particular day. Estimate the the orbital radius of the planet. Using this law
Moon’s phase. as fact, estimate a time period for the revolution
of a hypothetical planet in orbit around the Sun
which orbits the Sun in a nearly circular orbit
at 100 times the Earth-Sun distance.

a. Full Moon
b. Waxing Gibbous
c. Waning Crescent a. 100 years b. 1,000 years
d. First Quarter c. 10,000 years d. 100,000 years

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ASTRONOMY EXAM Grade 9 - 10 (CATEGORY 1)

7. The sine of an angle A is 6/10. Find the value 11. The famous cluster of stars, the Pleiades,
of the sec A + tan A. lies in which constellation?
a. 2 b. 10/8
c. 6/8 d. 1

8. Which is the second brightest star in the


night sky?

a. Taurus
b. Orion
c. Ursa Major
a. Sirius d. Centaurus
b. Alpha Centauri
c. Canopus 12. Which was the first spacecraft to visit the
d. Vega planet Uranus?

9. How many light years are there in a parsec?

a. Voyager 1 b. Voyager 2
a. 2.3 light years c. Pioneer 10 d. New Horizons
b. 3.26 light years
c. 4.2 light years 13. Which phenomena led to the discovery of
d. 2.6 light years Helium?
10. Which is the most massive object in our
solar system?

a. The absorption spectrum of the Sun


b. Nuclear fusion of Hydrogen atoms
c. Nuclear fission
d. X-ray diffusion
a. Earth
b. Jupiter
c. Saturn
d. Sun

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ASTRONOMY EXAM Grade 9 - 10 (CATEGORY 1)

14. In astronomy, we are very interested in 16. Who is credited with the invention of the
compounds that have an organic origin, reflector telescope?
because it has the potential to indicate life on
other worlds. What compounds are considered
organic compounds?

a. Galileo Galilei
b. Robert Hooke
c. Nicholas Copernicus
a. Compounds made up of predominantly d. Sir Isaac Newton
heavy metals like Iron
b. Compounds made up of predominantly 17. The Sun is defined as the origin in a
radioactive substances like Uranium coordinate system. If the Earth has coordinates
c. Compounds made up of predominantly non- (3,6,10) in this coordinate system, find the
metals like Oxygen Earth-Sun distance in terms of these arbitrary
d. Compounds made up of predominantly units. Hint: Distance in 3D is calculated in a
Carbon similar way to that in 2D.
15. It is well known that combustive
phenomena, particularly in the presence of
sulfur compounds, have the ability to release
Sulfur Dioxide gas as a by-product. During the
course of scientific inquiry, it was found that
large amounts of Sulfur Dioxide was detected
near the moon Io. Using your knowledge of a. 11.89
contemporary scientific fact, suggest the most b. 13.12
suitable reason as to why the Sulfur Dioxide c. 12.04
was found there. d. 12.56

18. What is the approximate time of sunrise for


an observer located in Indonesia (close to the
Equator) on
March 21st?

a. The presence of micro-organisms which


release Sulfur Dioxide as a respiratory gas
b. The presence of an alien species which burns
Sulfur compounds as a fuel source
c. The presence of volcanoes which release
plumes of Sulfur Dioxide gas into the
atmosphere a. 7 am
d. The gravitational interactions between Io b. 6 am
and the Sun c. 5 am
d. 8 am

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ASTRONOMY EXAM Grade 9 - 10 (CATEGORY 1)

19. Which famous star is used as a reference to


determine directions in the Northern
Hemisphere?

Answer:

23. Which country recently landed a probe on


the far-side of the Moon?
a. Polaris b. Vega
c. Arcturus d. Sirius

20. How many planets in our solar system do


not have moons?

Answer:

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 24. What is the highest point in the sky called?

21. How many planets in our solar system have


rings?

Answer:

25. Which colours corresponding to the


different wavelengths of light suffers from
most atmospheric scattering?

Answer:

22. If the Sun is located in the constellation


of Capricorn, determine the season in the
Northern Hemisphere.
Answer:

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