The Milky way is believes to be a _________ galaxy
Jupiter is a
Dwarf Planet | ||
Terrestrial Planet | ||
Jovian Planet | ||
Protosun |
Question 2
The Milky way is believes to be a _________ galaxy
Globular | ||
Barred | ||
Spiral | ||
Irregular |
Question 3
Which color has the longest wavelength
Clue | ||
Green | ||
Yellow | ||
Red |
Question 4
“What is the major fuel the sun “”burns”””
Helium | ||
Carbon | ||
Oxygen | ||
Hydrogen |
Question 5
Pluto was demoted frojm a planet to a
Comet | ||
Asteroid | ||
Dwarf Planet | ||
Moon |
Question 6
Which type of star will stay on the main sequence for the longest time
low mass stars | ||
medium mass (sun-like) stars | ||
Hig mass stars | ||
Protostars |
Question 7
The largets storm in our solar system is
The great red spot on Jupiter | ||
The dust storms on Mars | ||
The polar winds on Venus | ||
The rings of Saturn |
Question 8
An emission nebula would have a _______ color
Red | ||
Blue | ||
Yellow | ||
Black |
Question 9
Which type of telescope uses a mirror
Refracting | ||
reflecting | ||
Radio | ||
Neutrino |
Question 10
Sunlight originates from
The Chromosphere | ||
The Photosphere | ||
The Corona | ||
The solar wind |
Question 11
Which of the following type of stars can be used to accurately measure distances
Pulsating variables | ||
Eruptive variables | ||
Cepheid variables | ||
Pulsars |
Question 12
A star 25 times more massive than our Sun would produce a _______ when it went nova
Neutron star | ||
Black hole | ||
White dwarf | ||
Pulsar |
Question 13
Sunlight is an example of
A continuous spectrum | ||
An absorbtion spectrum | ||
An emission spectrum | ||
A doppler spectrum |
Question 14
Distant galaxies are receeding from the Earth. This is called
Einstein’s law | ||
Galileo’s law | ||
Newton’ law | ||
Hubble’s law |
Question 15
The dark areas called sunspots are
Magnetic storms | ||
Areas with no Helium | ||
Where asteroids hit the Sun | ||
Wet areas |
Question 16
A piece of extraterrestial material that reaches the surface of the Earth is called a
Meteor | ||
Meteorite | ||
Comet | ||
Tunguska object |
Question 17
Where does a star on the H-R diagram spend most of its life
The main sequence | ||
A variable star | ||
As a nova | ||
As a type A star |
Question 18
Our Sun will eventually go nova and produce a
Neutron star | ||
Black hole | ||
White dwarf | ||
Pulsar |
Question 19
The asteroid belt lies between
Mercury and Venus | ||
Earthand Mars | ||
Mars and Jupiter | ||
Jupiter and Saturn |
Question 20
Comets are like
Asteroids | ||
Meteors | ||
“””dirty snowballs””” | ||
The solar wind |
Question 21
The Chromosphere is red because of emission from
Cromium | ||
Sodium | ||
Nitrogen | ||
Hydrogen and Helium |
Question 22
Which type of telescope suffers from chromatic abberation
Refracting | ||
reflecting | ||
Radio | ||
X-ray |
Question 23
Long period comets originate
In the Kuiper Belt | ||
From Saturn’s rings | ||
From the Oort Cloud | ||
From nearby stars |
Question 24
Maria on the Moon are
Mountains | ||
Giant basalt filled impact craters | ||
Dust layers | ||
Comet debris |
Question 25
Venus is extremely similar to Earth except that it has
No water | ||
Much colder termperatures | ||
A thinner atmosphere | ||
No mountains |
4 points
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