Astronomical Terms

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What is a bright streak of light seen in the sky? Asteroid Meteorite Meteor Meteroid

2. Light travels at 186,282 miles per _______________. hour minute second year

3. What is a depression on a terrestrial planet or satellite called? Crater Mountain Hill Ridge

4. The uppermost region of the Sun is called the? Ionosphere Photosphere Corona Chromosphere

5. A medium sized icy solar system object is called a? Comet Star Planet Asteroid

6. What is a fireball that produces a sonic boom called? Bolide Comet No such object meteorite

7. What is the brightness scale of stars called? Density Albedo Magnitude Temperature

8. 3.26 light years is called? an astronomical Unit a parsec nothing the distance to the nearest star

9. What is a bright region in the Sun called? Sunspot Prominence Flare Plage

10. What is the name for an object that goes around another object backwards called? Retrograde Upside down Prograde Normal