Final Exam Review

What is the weather like for a high pressure system?

• clear and little wind

• rainy and windy

• rainy and little wind

• thunderstorms

What is the weather like for a low pressure system?

• clear and little wind

• rainy and windy

• rainy and clear

• clear and windy

What is solar system?

• The collection of planets and their moons in orbit around a star, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.

• A collection of galaxies.

• A collection of nebulae.

• A collection of moons without stars.

List the celestial bodies in order from largest to smallest.

• star, planet, universe, solar system, galaxy

• planet, universe, solar system, star, galaxy

• universe, galaxy, solar system, planet, star

• universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet

What is apparent magnitude?

• the actual brightness of a star

• the actual temperature of a star

• how bright a star appears from earth

• how hot a star appear from earth

What is an HR diagram?

• a tool used to determine the brightness and temperature of a planet

• a tool used to determine the brightness and temperature of a star

• a tool used to determine the composition of a planet

• a tool used to predict the weather

What process allows a star to make light?

• stars don't make light

• electrical energy

• nuclear fusion

• radiant energy

What are the possible results when a high mass star dies?

• black hole or supernova

• it becomes a planet or moon

• high mass stars don't exist

• it becomes an asteroid

What is the Earth's axis like?

• it runs from the north pole to the south pole at an angle of 50 degrees

• it runs from the north pole to the south pole at an angle of 23.5 degrees

• it runs from east to west at an angle of 23.5 degrees

• it runs from the north pole to the south pole at an angle of 25.5 degrees

What season would it be in the northern hemisphere for letter H?

• summer

• fall

• winter

• spring