Quiz about Astronomy Review

Question 1

Where is the best place to put a telescope to get the clearest images of deep space?

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In space

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Near a city

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Top of a mountain

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In a desert

Question 2

What shape is the Milky Way galaxy?

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Spiral

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Elliptical

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Irregular

Question 3

Where is our Solar System located in the Milky Way galaxy?

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Near the outside on one of the arms

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Near the center

Question 4

Which type of galaxy are the oldest and least bright?

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Elliptical

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Spiral

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Irregular

Question 5

What 2 things make up everything in the Universe?

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Energy and Matter

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Matter and Heat

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Energy and Dust

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Mass and Volume

Question 6

What is the best evidence for the Big Bang theory?

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The expansion of the Universe

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How fast light can travel

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Creation of new planets

Question 7

Red Shift means

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galaxies are moving away from each other

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galaxies are moving towards each other

Question 8

In stars, which two elements provide their fuel source to provide heat and light?

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Hydrogen and Helium

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Oxygen and Hydrogen

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Carbon and Iron

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Magnesium and Cobalt

Question 9

Stars are formed from big clouds of gas and dust is known as a ______.

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nebulae

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clouds grande

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BCOG's

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neutron clouds

Question 10

A star is born when ________________ begins to happen.

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nuclear fusion

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nuclear abrasion

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crying

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nuclear fission

Question 11

Larger, cooler stars are called ___________.

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Red Giants

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Blue Giants

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White Dwarfs

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Yellow Giants

Question 12

The core of a Red Giant collapses and becomes a ___________________.

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White Dwarf

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Blue Supergiant

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Red Supergiant

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Black Hole

Question 13

When the core of a Red Supergiant collapses, a bright event known as a ___________ occurs.

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supernova

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superdupernova

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big bang

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black hole

Question 14

After a supernova, the core can collapse into a neutron star, or if massive enough even a ___________.

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Black Hole

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White Dwarf

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Brown Dwarf

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Black Dwarf

Question 15

More massive stars continue to fuse elements in their cores all the way up to ________.

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iron (Fe)

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silicon

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carbon

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plutonium

Question 16

A black hole is an object so dense with so much gravity that even ________ cannot escape.

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light

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man

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bacon

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spaceships

Question 17

Everything you see around you was made inside ________.

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stars

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the earth

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factories

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an oven

Question 18

The distance that light travels in one year...

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Light year

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Quantumyear

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Stellar-year

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1 million kilometers

Question 19

By looking at the color of a star, astronomers can tell about the --

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temperature of the star

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distance of the star

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location of the star

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shape of the star

Question 20

The H-R diagram is useful in studying all of these about a star except for its

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location in the sky

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brightness

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temperature

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magnitude

Question 21

Sun is hotter than Rigel.

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False

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True

Question 22

In the diagram given, why are white dwarfs off the main sequence?

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They are very hot but not very bright.

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They are very hot.

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They are very bright.

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They are very hot and very bright.

Question 23

Which star is brighter? Rigel or Sirius B?

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Rigel

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Sirius B

Question 24

Compared to the rest of the stars, our sun is considered...

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Medium size with medium temperature

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Extremely Large and Cold

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Small with a medium temperature

Question 25

Which star is hotter? Sun or Betelgeuse?

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Sun

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Betelgeuse

Question 26

Which color stars are coolest?

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Red Stars

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Yellow Stars

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Orange Stars

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Blue Stars

Question 27

Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?

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Gamma Rays

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Radio Waves

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Visible Light

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Microwaves

Question 28

Which type of visible light has the highest energy?

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Violet

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Red

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Yellow

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Green

Question 29

Which type of radiation has a frequency closest to 10⁵?

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Infrared

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Radio

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Ultraviolet

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X-Ray

Question 30

Which of the following types of radiation has the shortest wavelength and the highest frequency?

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X-Rays

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Radio Waves

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Infrared

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Visible

Question 31

Which type of electromagnetic radiation has a wavelength near 10^-8?

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Ultraviolet

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Microwave

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Infrared

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Visible

Question 32

If the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is longer, what is true about the energy?

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Energy is lower.

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Energy is higher.

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Energy is not dependent on wavelength.

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energy is cancelled out

Question 33

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

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low, low

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high, low

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high, high

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low, high

Question 34

The type of wave with the shortest wavelength and highest frequency.  This type of wave is extremely harmful.

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gamma

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radio

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infrared

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x ray

Question 35

What is most likely Object #2?

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a nearby star relatively close to our solar system

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Venus

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a black hole near the center of the Milky Way

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another galaxy

Question 36

Horsehead Nebula is located about 1,500 light years from Earth in the constellation Orion. What is most likely occurring in the Horsehead Nebula?

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new star formation

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formation of black holes

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star explosions like supernovas

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the birth of new galaxies

Question 37

Use this model of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram to answer question.

An astronomer discovers a new star that is very hot, but not very bright. What type of star did she discover?

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a white dwarf

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a red giant

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a young star on the main sequence

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an old star on the main sequence

Question 38

Our Sun is a middle-aged star with an average temperature and brightness. What type of star is our Sun according to the Hertzburg-Russell diagram?

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a star in the middle of the main sequence

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a white dwarf

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a red giant

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a star on the upper left portion on the main sequence

Question 39

As a normal, averaged-size star progresses through its life cycle, what change will it undergo?

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it becomes cooler

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it gets smaller

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it becomes brighter

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its gravity increases

Question 40

Which of the following galaxies is most like our own Milky Way?

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 41

Pulsars are dense, rotating stars that emit strong electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength around 6 mm. Using the chart below, what type of telescope would be best suited for observing pulsars?

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radio telescopes

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infrared telescopes

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optical telescopes

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ultraviolet telescopes

Question 42

You hear an astronomer on television mention that an object in space is about 10 light-years away from planet Earth. This object is located:

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nearby in the Milky Way galaxy

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in the solar system

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on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy

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in another galaxy

Question 43

Which area of the diagram represents the white dwarfs?

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Area Z

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Area M

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Area X

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Area P

Question 44

The stars we see at night are:

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in the Milky Way galaxy

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in the solar system

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in galaxies other than the Milky Way

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both A and C

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