NJIT PHYSICS 203 EARTH IN SPACE CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Solar System. Answer: The Sun and all objects gravitationally bound to it
● Sun. Answer: G-type main sequence star at the center of our solar system
● Solar Mass. Answer: Mass of the Sun approximately 2 times 10 to the 30 kilograms used
as a unit
● Photosphere. Answer: Visible surface of the Sun where most optical light is emitted
● Chromosphere. Answer: Layer of the Sun above the photosphere visible during eclipses
● Corona. Answer: Outer atmosphere of the Sun with temperatures exceeding one million
Kelvin
● Solar Wind. Answer: Stream of charged particles flowing outward from the Sun's corona
● Solar Flare. Answer: Sudden burst of radiation from a magnetically active region of the Sun
● Coronal Mass Ejection. Answer: Large eruption of plasma and magnetic field from the
Sun
● Sunspot. Answer: Darker cooler region on the photosphere with strong magnetic fields
● Sunspot Cycle. Answer: Approximately 11-year cycle of sunspot number variation
● Magnetic Reconnection. Answer: Process releasing energy when oppositely directed
magnetic field lines break and rejoin
● Heliosphere. Answer: Region of space dominated by the solar wind and solar magnetic
field
● Heliopause. Answer: Boundary where the solar wind meets the interstellar medium
● Terrestrial Planets. Answer: Rocky inner planets Mercury Venus Earth and Mars
● Jovian Planets. Answer: Large outer gas and ice giant planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus and
Neptune
, ● Mercury. Answer: Innermost planet with extreme temperature variations and no
atmosphere
● Venus. Answer: Second planet with a thick CO2 atmosphere and the hottest surface in the
solar system
● Earth. Answer: Third planet and only known body with life and liquid water oceans
● Mars. Answer: Fourth planet with a thin atmosphere polar ice caps and ancient volcanic
features
● Jupiter. Answer: Largest planet with a mass 318 times Earth's and many moons including
the Galilean moons
● Saturn. Answer: Sixth planet known for its extensive ring system and low mean density
● Uranus. Answer: Ice giant with an extreme axial tilt of 98 degrees and faint rings
● Neptune. Answer: Outermost major planet with strong winds and the Great Dark Spot
● Pluto. Answer: Dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt demoted from planet status in 2006
● Io. Answer: Jupiter's innermost large moon with active sulfur volcanoes
● Europa. Answer: Jupiter's moon with a subsurface ocean beneath an icy crust and possible
life
● Ganymede. Answer: Largest moon in the solar system with its own magnetic field
● Callisto. Answer: Most heavily cratered Galilean moon of Jupiter
● Titan. Answer: Saturn's largest moon with a thick nitrogen atmosphere and hydrocarbon
lakes
● Enceladus. Answer: Saturn's moon with active water vapor geysers indicating a
subsurface ocean
● Triton. Answer: Neptune's large retrograde moon thought to be a captured Kuiper Belt
object
● Main Asteroid Belt. Answer: Region between Mars and Jupiter containing most known
asteroids
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Solar System. Answer: The Sun and all objects gravitationally bound to it
● Sun. Answer: G-type main sequence star at the center of our solar system
● Solar Mass. Answer: Mass of the Sun approximately 2 times 10 to the 30 kilograms used
as a unit
● Photosphere. Answer: Visible surface of the Sun where most optical light is emitted
● Chromosphere. Answer: Layer of the Sun above the photosphere visible during eclipses
● Corona. Answer: Outer atmosphere of the Sun with temperatures exceeding one million
Kelvin
● Solar Wind. Answer: Stream of charged particles flowing outward from the Sun's corona
● Solar Flare. Answer: Sudden burst of radiation from a magnetically active region of the Sun
● Coronal Mass Ejection. Answer: Large eruption of plasma and magnetic field from the
Sun
● Sunspot. Answer: Darker cooler region on the photosphere with strong magnetic fields
● Sunspot Cycle. Answer: Approximately 11-year cycle of sunspot number variation
● Magnetic Reconnection. Answer: Process releasing energy when oppositely directed
magnetic field lines break and rejoin
● Heliosphere. Answer: Region of space dominated by the solar wind and solar magnetic
field
● Heliopause. Answer: Boundary where the solar wind meets the interstellar medium
● Terrestrial Planets. Answer: Rocky inner planets Mercury Venus Earth and Mars
● Jovian Planets. Answer: Large outer gas and ice giant planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus and
Neptune
, ● Mercury. Answer: Innermost planet with extreme temperature variations and no
atmosphere
● Venus. Answer: Second planet with a thick CO2 atmosphere and the hottest surface in the
solar system
● Earth. Answer: Third planet and only known body with life and liquid water oceans
● Mars. Answer: Fourth planet with a thin atmosphere polar ice caps and ancient volcanic
features
● Jupiter. Answer: Largest planet with a mass 318 times Earth's and many moons including
the Galilean moons
● Saturn. Answer: Sixth planet known for its extensive ring system and low mean density
● Uranus. Answer: Ice giant with an extreme axial tilt of 98 degrees and faint rings
● Neptune. Answer: Outermost major planet with strong winds and the Great Dark Spot
● Pluto. Answer: Dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt demoted from planet status in 2006
● Io. Answer: Jupiter's innermost large moon with active sulfur volcanoes
● Europa. Answer: Jupiter's moon with a subsurface ocean beneath an icy crust and possible
life
● Ganymede. Answer: Largest moon in the solar system with its own magnetic field
● Callisto. Answer: Most heavily cratered Galilean moon of Jupiter
● Titan. Answer: Saturn's largest moon with a thick nitrogen atmosphere and hydrocarbon
lakes
● Enceladus. Answer: Saturn's moon with active water vapor geysers indicating a
subsurface ocean
● Triton. Answer: Neptune's large retrograde moon thought to be a captured Kuiper Belt
object
● Main Asteroid Belt. Answer: Region between Mars and Jupiter containing most known
asteroids
