Space

Which evidence best supports the theory that the universe was created by an explosion called the Big Bang?

• impact craters found on Earth

• cosmic background raidation

• the different compositions of terrestrial and Jovian planets

• the blue shift of light from distant galaxies

Which star is more massive than our Sun, but has a lower surface temperature?

• 40 Eridani B

• Sirius

• Aldebaran

• Barnard’s Star

Which color of visible light has the shortest wavelength?

• violet

• yellow

• green

• red

Between which 2 planets can the asteroid belt be found?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Mercury and Venus

• Saturn and Uranus

• Earth and Mars

What is the period of rotation at the equator for Neptune?

• 27 days

• 243 days

• 17 hours 14 minutes

• 16 hours

What answers choice contains ALL of the outer planets?

• Earth, Mercury, Venus and Mars

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune

• Mercury, Neptune, Earth and Saturn

• Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune

What answer choice contains ALL terrestrial planets?

• Earth, Mercury, Venus & Neptune

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Neptune

• Mercury, Earth, Venus & Mars

• Venus, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune

Which characteristics best describe the star Betelgeuse?

• reddish orange with low luminosity and high surface temperature

• reddish orange with high luminosity and low surface temperature

• blue white with low luminosity and low surface temperature

• blue white with high luminosity and high surface temperature

Which object in space emits light because it releases energy produced by nuclear fusion?

• Earth’s Moon

• Halley’s comet

• Venus

• Polaris

The approximate age of ____________________ is over 10 billion years

• Earth

• Earth's moon

• Our solar system

• the universe