Quarterly Review

The select the largest celestial body out of the following:

• star

• planet

• moon

• galaxy

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What force keeps all of the universe together?

• electricity

• magnetism

• gravity

• hope

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Gravity is dependent upon what two factors? Select both

• mass

• weight

• distance

• color

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What are stars made of?

• hydrogen, helium

• carbon, methane

• lithium, sodium

• hydrogen, carbon

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All stars begin as a cloud of dust and gas known as a...

• nebula

• black hole

• main sequence star

• supernova

A star's color depends on its ___

• density

• weight

• temperature

• orbit

A stars life cycle is dependent upon its ___.

• mass

• color

• rotation

• number of flares

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The layer of the sun that we see from Earth (visible light)

• chromosphere

• photosphere

• convection zone

• core

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At millions of degrees celcius, the ___ is like a nuclear furnace, fusing hydrogen into helium,

• corona

• core

• convection zone

• solar flare

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The sun can eject huge amounts of hot gas from its surface in what is known as a ____.

• sun spot

• solar flare

• magnetic loop

• corona