1. What is the name given to the string of light beads that appear on the horizon just before a solar eclipse? Baily's beads Diamond Ring beads Corona beads Blinding beads

2. Which discoverer of a planet coined the name "Asteroids"? (Hint: He was a German-born British astronomer and composer who became famous for discovering the planet Uranus) Raymond Arthur Lyttleton Johannes Kepler John Herschel William Herschel

3. In the solar system, what are Perseids, Orionids, Draconids, and Geminids? Asteroid showers Meteor showers Meteorite showers Trojan showers

4. Aphrodite Terra and Ishtar Terra are the two major landmasses on which planet? (Hint: Observe the first word of the question and "Romanize" it) Mercury Venus Mars Earth

5. Other than the earth, which is the only solar system object to have a predominantly NITROGEN atmosphere? (Hint: There's a metal starting with this name) Ganymede Triton Titan Europa

6. If the sunspots are the darker areas, then what are the brighter areas on the sun's surface called? Solar granules Solar flare Solar spicule Solar faculae

7. In the solar system, what are classified into Groups, Stones, Irons, and Stony Irons? Meteorites Trojans Asteroids Plutons

8. In spectral analysis what type of star is the sun? (Hint: It starts with the letter of "that physical phenomenon" due to which things fall down) G2 B2 A2 K2

9. The space probe Vega 1, Vega 2, Sakigake, Planet A and Giotto were all launched to study which celestial object? Mercury Venus Comet Shoemaker-Levy Halley's comet

10. Comet tails are of two types. True False