NASA’s _________ is currently studying the sun up close.

Related Mcqs:

1. Comets are made mostly of ice and dust. As comets get close to the sun, they start to “melt” and release what?

   A. Steam and dust
   B. Gas and dust
   C. Steam, gas and dust
   D. None of the above

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

2. As comets get close to the sun, they start to “melt” and release gas and dust. This gas and dust forms what?

   A. “coma” around the comet’s nucleus and a long tail that points away from the sun
   B. “coma” that points away from the sun and a long tail around the comet’s nucleus
   C. Only “coma” around the comet’s nucleus
   D. Only a long tail that points away from the sun

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

3. Earth is closest to the sun every year in early ______________, when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early __________________, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.

   A. January – July
   B. June – December
   C. July – January
   D. December – June

   Submitted by: Mansoor Ul Haque

4. When in the part of its orbit closest to the Sun, Pluto has an atmosphere of nitrogen and methane similar to Triton’s, but what happens when it is farther from the Sun ?

   A. These gases are not present
   B. These gases are like plasma
   C. These gases are frozen 
   D. These gases are volatile

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

5. Among the planets of the Solar system the position of the Earth from the Sun is:_________?

   A. Second
   B. Third
   C. Fourth
   D. Sixth

   Submitted by: Jameel Ahmed Solangi (Larkana)

6. Approximate age of sun is _________?

   A. 4.4 billion years
   B. 4.5 billion years
   C. 4.6 billion years
   D. 4.7 billion years

   Submitted by: Kashif Ashraf

7. The distance between the earth and the sun is smallest in the month of _________?

   A. February
   B. January 
   C. December
   D. April

   Submitted by: Saqlain hydar

8. _________ is the atmospheric layer that absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation that Earth receives from the Sun.

   A. Troposphere
   B. Stratosphere 
   C. Mesosphere
   D. Ionosphere

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

9. 2017 Nobel Prize Currently Awarded in Physics is for_________________?

   A. Far Observation of Gravitational Waves
   B. Far Observation of Gravitational Weight
   C. First Observation of Gravitational Waves
   D. Far Objectivity of Gravitational Waves

   Submitted by: Jawadi Malik

10. Which layer of the atmosphere lies close to the earth?

    A. Stratosphere
    B. Mesosphere
    C. Troposphere
    D. Thermosphere

    Submitted by: Ali Mallah