Galaxies and Dark Matter Review

1) What type of galaxy is the Milky Way Galaxy?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

• Bar Spiral

• Starburst

Who classified galaxies by their appearance?

• Hubble

• Einstein

• Hawkins

• Newton

• Schrodinger

What is the other major galaxy in our local group?

• Virgo

• Orion

• Andromeda

• Cancer

• Cygnus

The two small galaxies circling our galaxy are called the ___________ clouds.

• Magellanic

• Newtonian

• Malkavian

• Andromeda

• Pyranic

Which of the following is NOT a property associated with active galaxies?

• They are very luminous

• They give off large amount of non-thermal radiation

• They have jets

• All are properties.

• None are properties.

What type of galaxy is formed after a “major” collision between two spiral galaxies that stick together?

• Barred Spiral

• Irregular

• Magellanic

• Quasar

• Elliptical

Which type of spiral galaxy will have the biggest bulge?

• Sa

• Sb

• Sc

• They are all the same.

Which type of elliptical galaxy would be the roundest?

• E1

• E3

• E5

• Lenticular

When two galaxies merge and the larger galaxy absorbs the smaller one, it is called galactic ___.

• Fission

• Cannibalism

• Divergence

• Osmosis

• Replication

The oldest quasars recorded are _________________ years old.

• 13 Billion

• 10 Million

• 33 Billion

• 100 Million

• 1 Trillion