Space Unit Test

Match the correct word and definition together.

• Planets move in elliptical paths around the sun

• Kepler’s Second Law

• Location of nuclear fusion that produces energy

• Kepler’s First Law

• Planets move across the same amount of area in the same amount of time

• Cosmic background radiation

• A planet’s orbital period squared is proportional to its distance from the sun cubed

• Sun’s Core

• Radiation left from the Big Bang

• Kepler’s Third Law

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Energy produced in our sun’s core moves through space to Earth by _____.

• A. Radiation

• B. Radiation and fusion

• C. Convection and fusion

• D. Fusion

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The sun produces energy by fusing hydrogen into ________.

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon

• Helium

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Energy is produced in the ______________________ layer of the Sun.

• Core

• Radiation zone

• Convection zone

• Photosphere

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Regardless of size, all stars begin as a _______________.

• Red Giant

• Supernova

• Main Sequence Star

• Nebula

Directions: What is the first stage in the lifespan of our sun? Hint: after protostar...

• Main Sequence

• Red Giant

• White Dwarf

• Nebula

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Which of the following is evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

• Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

• The existence of black holes

• The presence of dark matter

• The theory of relativity

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Which of the following is evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

• The existence of cosmic microwave background radiation

• The presence of dark matter in the universe

• The theory of general relativity

• The abundance of hydrogen and helium in the universe

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What happens when a star becomes a white dwarf?

• It's going to its next life

• It's becoming another star

• It cools and dies

• It gets bigger

In the Nebula stage, _____ pulls particles together to create a protostar.

• air

• gravity

• space

• fusion