Earth Science Fall Term Exam Review

Select the correct definition for galaxy

• solar system

• A huge collection of gas, dust and billions of stars and their solar systems

• Andromeda Galaxy

• The apparent brightness of an object in the sky as it appears to an observer on Earth.

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

• How our planets and moons formed

• How our universe began

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

• How fast light travels through space

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As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum

(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

• redshift

• blueshift

• unshift

• blackshift

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A high mass star that eventually explodes.

• Nebula 
• Planetary Nebula 
• Supernova 
• Star 

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All low/medium mass stars will eventually 

• explode into a supernova
• become a black hole
• change into a white dwarf 
• become a neutron star

Our theory of the universe was confirmed by the discovery of:

• fusion.
• cosmic microwave background radiation.
• the Andromeda galaxy.
• the Doppler effect.

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Stars are mostly made up of nitrogen and oxygen.

• True

• False

Almost every galaxy is moving away from us.

• True

• False

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This keeps a star from collapsing from its own gravity.

• The energy from fusion

• Centrifugal force

• Anti-gravity

• None of these

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What is fusion?

• The combining of atoms

• The name of a star

• The splitting of atoms

• The name of Jupiter’s moon

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