ES Our Place in the Universe

The Polish astronomer who proposed that the sun is the center of the universe was ____.

• A. Aristotle

• B. Kepler

• C. Newton

• D. Copernicus

Astronomer Johannes Kepler is given credit for discovering ____.

• A. how the universe began

• B. why stars shine

• C. how gravity works

• D. how the planets move in their orbits

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People in ancient civilizations named the patterns of stars in the sky. These patterns are called ____.

• constellations

• solar systems

• galaxies

• superclusters

The stars in a binary system are _____.

• A. held together by gravity

• B. always the same color

• C. always the same size

• D. always the same brightness

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Astronomers usually measure the distance between stars in ____.

• A. miles

• B. kilometers

• C. light-years

• D. astronomical units

Stars that are much smaller than the sun are called ____.

• A. dwarfs

• B. novas

• C. asteroids

• D. planets

Which statement about stars is true?

• A. About 10,000 stars are in the universe.

• B. About 10 million stars are in the universe.

• C. About 100 billion stars are in the universe.

• D. More stars are in the universe than we can count.

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The stars that will burn the longest are usually the stars that are the ____.

• A. largest

• B. smallest

• C. brightest

• D. largest

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Of the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum listed below, which has the shortest wavelength?

• A. visible light

• B. infrared radiation

• C. radio waves

• D. X-rays

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Which type of telescope uses only lenses to focus visible light?

• A. reflecting telescope

• B. radio telescope

• C. infrared telescope

• D. refracting telescope