Astronomy - Final Review

What is generally true about the inner planets?

• They are the larger planets and revolve around the sun at a higher velocity.
• They are the smaller planets and are made mostly of rock and metal
• They are the smaller planets and are made mostly of gas and dust
• They are the larger planets and are made mostly of rock and metal

What causes day and night?

• revolution of Earth
• rotation of Earth
• orbit of Earth
• The moon blocks the Sun

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

How does distance affect gravity?

• gravity decreases as distance increases.
• distance decreases as gravity decreases
• distance increases as gravity increases
• none of the above

During the phases of the Moon, the Moon appears to change shape.  This change in appearance is due to...

• the moon physically changing size and shape.
• the earth and moon moving closer and then farther away from Earth.
• the angle between the Sun, Earth and Moon causing us to see different amounts of the lit side of the moon
• the shadow of the Earth on the moon

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Select the Gas Giant

• Mercury
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

Select the terrestrial planet.

• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Earth

Identify which trend is observed in the HR diagram for Main Sequence stars

• luminosity is indirectly proportional to the temperature of the stars

• there is no correlation between luminosity and temperature

• Temperature increases, luminosity increases

• Luminosity decreases, temperature increases

What type of nuclear fusion reactions take place in main sequence stars?

• Heleium fuses into carbon and oxygen

• Carbon and oxygen are fused into neon, sodium, magnesium, sulfur, and silicon

• Neon, sodium, magnesium, sulfur and silicon are fused into calcium and iron

• Hydrogen fuses to helium

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Path C illustrates the life cycle of a star that will end as a

• protostar

• white dwarf

• neutron star/pulsar

• black hole/quasar

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3