Astronomy Test 1 Review

The movement of Earth around the Sun is called

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Retrograde Motion

• Transit

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In the Heliocentric Model

• Saturn is at the center of the Solar System

• The Sun, Planets, and Moons orbit the Earth

• The Earth orbits a black hole

• The Earth, Planets, and Asteroids orbit around the Sun

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The measured amount of "elongation" in the shape of a planet's orbit is called

• Eccentricity

• Terrestrial

• Perihelion

• Aphelion

Which planet has the highest eccentricity?

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Mercury

Which planet takes less time to revolve around the Sun than it does to rotate one time on its axis?

• Earth

• Neptune

• Venus

• Uranus

The age of the Sun is estimated to be

• 13.8 billion years old

• 10 billion years old

• 11 years old

• 4.6 billion years old

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The Doppler effect applies to light waves as well as sound waves. Astronomers use this to measure the motion of stars and galaxies. In 1929, Edwin Hubble discovered that light from distant galaxies was shifted away from the blue end of the spectrum and towards the red end of the spectrum. Red light has a longer wavelength (and a lower frequency) than blue light. What could Hubble conclude about these galaxies?

• The distant galaxies are growing smaller.

• The distant galaxies are moving towards the Earth.

• The distant galaxies are moving away from earth

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A large grouping of stars, planets, gas, and dust in space held together by gravity.

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Space

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A reaction in which two light nuclei combine to produce a nucleus of heavier mass, resulting in the release of a large amount of energy.

• Nuclear Bomb

• Nuclear Fusion

• Nuclear Fission

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The explosion of a massive star at the end of its life cycle

• Planetary Nebula

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Supernova

• Universe