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• Test Name: Exoplanets and Planetary Systems MCQ Quiz Practice
• Type: Quiz Test
• Total Questions: 40
• Total Marks: 40
• Time: 40 minutes

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Exoplanets with highly elliptical orbits are called ____.

"eccentric" exoplanets

"chaotic" exoplanets

"circular" exoplanets

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"Hot Neptunes" are exoplanets that are ____.

similar in size to Neptune, but much closer to their stars

similar in size to Earth, but much hotter

similar in size to Jupiter, but with a thick atmosphere

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"Super-puffs" are exoplanets known for their ____.

highly eccentric orbits

extreme temperatures

unusually low densities

4 / 40

The "snow line" in a protoplanetary disk is the distance at which ____.

water can exist as ice

gas giants form

rocky planets form

5 / 40

A "hot Jupiter" is a type of exoplanet that is ____.

close to its star

far from its star

similar in size to Earth

6 / 40

The first exoplanet discovered around a Sun-like star was named ____.

51 Pegasi b

Kepler-186f

Proxima Centauri b

7 / 40

Exoplanets that have been directly imaged are typically ____.

located in binary star systems

large and far from their stars

small and close to their stars

8 / 40

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is expected to ____.

study the atmospheres of exoplanets

search for exomoons

explore the outer reaches of the solar system

9 / 40

An "Earth-like" exoplanet refers to one that is ____.

similar in size and composition to Earth

located in the habitable zone

covered in water

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The "transit depth" refers to ____.

the distance between a star and an exoplanet

the amount of light blocked by an exoplanet during a transit

the size of an exoplanet

11 / 40

The "Rossiter-McLaughlin effect" is used to study ____.

the spin-orbit alignment of exoplanets

the age of exoplanets

the atmospheric composition of exoplanets

12 / 40

The Kepler mission was launched by ____.

SpaceX

NASA

ESA (European Space Agency)

13 / 40

The presence of organic molecules on exoplanets suggests ____.

geological activity

the potential for life

extreme temperatures

14 / 40

The "HabEx" mission is designed to ____.

search for and characterize Earth-like exoplanets

study the atmospheres of gas giants

explore asteroid belts

15 / 40

Exoplanets that are detected by the "microlensing method" are typically ____.

close to their host stars

in binary star systems

located at great distances from Earth

16 / 40

The "Goldilocks zone" is another term for the ____.

habitable zone

Kuiper Belt

asteroid belt

17 / 40

The Doppler method detects exoplanets by measuring changes in ____.

a planet's orbital period

a star's brightness

a star's radial velocity

18 / 40

The "eccentricity" of an exoplanet's orbit refers to ____.

how elongated the orbit is

its size compared to other exoplanets

how close it is to its star

19 / 40

Exoplanets with atmospheres containing water vapor are considered ____.

gas giants

potentially habitable

uninhabitable

20 / 40

The presence of a "debris disk" around a star may indicate ____.

the formation of a new star

the end of a star's life

the presence of exoplanets

21 / 40

The most common type of exoplanet found so far is ____.

rocky planets

super-Earths

gas giants

22 / 40

The TESS mission is designed to ____.

explore the outer reaches of the solar system

search for exoplanets using the transit method

study the atmospheres of exoplanets

23 / 40

The "Kepler Dichotomy" refers to ____.

the abundance of small exoplanets compared to gas giants

the difference in discovery methods

the distribution of exoplanets within a system

24 / 40

The "habitable zone" around a star refers to ____.

the region where life is guaranteed

the region closest to the star

the region where conditions may allow for liquid water

25 / 40

Exoplanets are planets that ____.

orbit stars within our solar system

orbit stars outside our solar system

orbit galaxies

26 / 40

The CHEOPS mission focuses on ____.

discovering new exoplanets

exploring the outer reaches of the solar system

studying known exoplanets

27 / 40

The "exoplanet catalog" is a database that contains ____.

theoretical exoplanet models

observations of black holes

confirmed exoplanet discoveries

28 / 40

The first confirmed exoplanet was discovered in the year ____.

1985

1992

2000

29 / 40

The primary method used to detect exoplanets is ____.

direct imaging

gravitational microlensing

transit method

30 / 40

The TRAPPIST-1 system is notable for ____.

having a ring system

having multiple Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone

being the closest star system to Earth

31 / 40

The term "super-Earth" refers to exoplanets that are ____.

smaller than Earth

similar in size to Earth

larger than Earth, but smaller than gas giants

32 / 40

The term "exomoon" refers to a moon that orbits ____.

an exoplanet

a pulsar

a dwarf planet

33 / 40

The Gaia mission aims to ____.

study the atmospheres of exoplanets

search for exoplanets using the transit method

map the positions and velocities of stars in the Milky Way

34 / 40

The "transit duration" refers to ____.

the time it takes for an exoplanet to cross the habitable zone

the time it takes for an exoplanet to complete an orbit

the time it takes for an exoplanet to pass in front of its star

35 / 40

The "Radial Velocity Method" is primarily used to detect exoplanets by measuring changes in ____.

a star's motion towards and away from Earth

a star's brightness

a planet's size

36 / 40

Exoplanets that orbit two stars are called ____.

trojan planets

circumbinary planets

rogue planets

37 / 40

The "Wobble Method" is another name for ____.

the Doppler method

the transit method

the direct imaging method

38 / 40

The "Puffy Planet" is a type of exoplanet that ____.

has an extremely low density

has a thick atmosphere

has a highly eccentric orbit

39 / 40

The transit method detects exoplanets by observing ____.

the gravitational pull of a planet

the dimming of a star's light as a planet passes in front

the wobbling of a star

40 / 40

The "light curve" of a star can provide information about ____.

the presence of exoplanets

the temperature of the star

the age of the star

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