Astronomy #1 Review

Is this the correct position of Earth's Solar system in the Milky Way ?

• Yes

• No

The type of energy that is produced in the core of a star.

• radiation

• insolation

• conduction

• Nuclear fusion

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Two stars with similar luminosity

• Alpha Centauri &

  Polaris

• Sun & Sirius

• Proxima Centauri &

  Procyon B

• Barnard's Star

  & Betelgeuse

This is a spiral shaped formation composed of billions of stars

• Andromeda Galaxy

• Milky Way

• Messier Galaxy

• Pinwheel Galaxy

The sun is located in the middle of .....

• Our solar system

• constellation

• universe

• the Milky Way galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The red shift/Doppler effect explains that the universe is...

• expanding/contracting

• expanding only

• remaining the same

• contracting only

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The correct sequence of sizes from smallest to largest:

• Universe

  Solar System

  Milky Way

• Milky Way

  Solar System

  Universe

• Solar System

  Milky Way

  Universe

• Solar System

  Universe

  Milky Way

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This provides direct evidence for the origin of the Universe

• conduction

• Cosmic Background radiation

• decay

• convection

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A blue shift indicates that objects are...

• moving closer to earth

• moving away from earth

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

According to this diagram, a star's life cycle is determined by:

• luminosity and size

• mass and size

• temperature and luminosity

• origin and luminosity

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1