Unit 2 Review - Astronomy

Which of the following is NOT studied using cosmology?

• The universe’s origin

• The universe’s composition

• The melting of the polar ice cap

• The eventual fate of the universe

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Which of the following is used to show the universe’s scale, structure, and composition?

• Globes

• Comological models

• Atlases

• Maps

Where does every piece of matter begin?

• As thermal vents

• At the sun

• As a star

• Out of this world

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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Choose the word that BEST completes the following sentence.

All the matter, mass, and time that exists and has ever existed is contained in which of the following?

• The Sun

• The Planets

• The Milky Way

• The universe

Which of the following words describes the reality that the universe looks the same from various perspectives?

• Distribution pattern

• Cosmological

• Symmetrical

• Isotropic

The pattern that is observed in the universe can be described as:

• Loosely repeated over and over again

• Very structured in appearance in short compilations

• Very structured in appearance in long compilations

• Entirely random, without patterns

Which of the following is a basic building block of galaxies?

• Stars

• Gas

• Dust

• All of the above

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Choose the word that BEST completes the following sentence.

Clusters of galaxies and individual galaxies formed from pieces of enormous ________________________ and helium clouds.

• Dust

• Hydrogen

• Stars

• Matter

The Big Bang is the predominant theory explaining the moment that what began?

• Scientific theory

• Historical cataloging

• The universe

• Greek mythology

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After the Big Bang, matter and radiation caused:

• The stars to form

• The Moon to rotate around Earth

• Earth to rotate around the Sun

• The creation of the Milky Way

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