Solar System, Gravity, Galaxy Review (Practice Test)

Elliptical galaxies contain

• Red stars

• Yellow stars

• Old stars

• All of the above

True or false? Irregular galaxies may be deformed by gravitational attraction to another galaxy.

• True

• False

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This telescope helps to study galaxies.

• Hubble Space Telescope

• C-CAT

• CARMA

• WMAP

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Which type of galaxy is largest?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Dwarf

• Interstellar

Zenola has a wooden ball with a mass of 28 grams, a golf ball of 46 grams, and a metal ball of 110 grams. If she drops the balls at the same time in what order will the balls hit the floor?

• wooden ball, then golf ball, then metal ball

• metal ball, then golf ball, then wooden ball

• golf ball and metal ball together, then wooden ball

• all three balls hit the floor about the same time

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The amount of matter in an object is called ___.

• weight

• mass

• density

• grams

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The measure of how much gravity is pulling on an object is ___.

• weight

• mass

• density

• grams

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The force of attraction between objects is called ____.

• weight

• mass

• gravity

• density

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The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ____.

• matter

• mass

• Volume

• Weight

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The __________ includes the sun and all 8 planets that orbit it.

• comets

• sun

• solar system

• asteroids

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