2024 Summer B Final

What is the Sun primarily made of?

• Oxygen

• Carbon

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

What are white dwarfs?

• The remains of high-mass stars

• The remains of low-mass and average size stars

• The remains of supergiant stars

• The remains of neutron stars

What does the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (H-R Diagram) show?

• The relationship between a star's luminosity and surface temperature

• The distance of stars from Earth

• The age of stars

• The chemical composition of stars

The Sun is massive enough to fuse helium nuclei into __________.

• Carbon

• Neon

• Oxygen

• Silicon

Use the words to label the basic properties of a wave.

b

d

e

c

wavelength

equilibrium

period

amplitude

crest

trough

Sound is an example of a(n) _______________ wave.

• transverse
• sinusoidal

• longitudinal
• electromagnetic

Sort the types of waves by mechanical and electromagnetic

Groups:

(a) Mechanical

,

(b) Electromagnetic

• Radio waves

• Microwaves

• Heat

• Gamma rays

• Light

• X-rays

• pressure

• ocean

• Seismic

• sound

The _______ of a wave can be measured easily from crest to crest or from trough to trough.

What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

• Direct relationship (When one increases, so does the other)

• Inverse relationship (When one decreases, the other increases)

• No relationship
• Linear relationship (The amount of change in either is only related to wave speed)

When light waves are captured in matter is called ________________.

• transmission
• reflection
• absorption
• diffraction