Unit 12 Review

What characteristic do all the inner planets have in common?

• ring system
• liquid water
• rocky surface
• thick atmosphere

Which object is the largest?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Jupiter
• the sun

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A student is making a model of the sun's interior. Which feature should the student represent in the convection zone?

• gas erupting into space
• gases rising and sinking
• radiation moving outward
• nuclear fusion producing energy

Which technology makes it possible for people to live and work in space for long periods?

• space probe
• space station
• radio telescope
• optical telescope

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In 1981, the first space shuttle was launced from Cape Canaveral. Which statement describes an advantage the space shuttles have compared to earlier space probes and capsules?

• Space shuttles can travel beyond Earth's orbit.
• Space shuttles are inexpensive to build.
• Space shuttles can be used more than once.
• Space shuttles can travel beyond the solar system.

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Using the H-R diagram, astronomers classify stars using which two star properties

• color and composition
• size and surface temperature
• surface temperature and absolute brightness
• surface temperature and apparent brightness

Which property indicates a star's temperature?

• size
• color
• composition
• brightness

In what kind of star system does one star sometimes block the light from another?

• open cluster
• globular cluster
• quasar system
• eclipsing binary

What is the name of the explosion that began the universe?

• solar nebula
• big bang
• dark matter
• supernova

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What is dark matter?

• matter that can be seen directly
• matter that does not give off electromagnetic radiation
• matter that makes up about 10 percent of the mass of the universe
• matter that has no effect on other subjects