Science 6 Test 7

What is the term for the study of outer space and all that it contains?

• astrology

• spelology

• astronomy

• geography

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What are the dark patches on the sun's photosphere?

• black holes

• sunspots

• vaccuums

• moles

What is the part of the sun that is visible only during a solar eclipse?

• chromosphere / corona

• dark side

• bright side

• eclipsical surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a high-speed stream of particles that travels outward from holes in the sun's corona and beats upon the earth's upper atmosphere?

• solar storm

• solar flare

• solar wind

• solar uproar

What are the three basic types of galaxy shapes?

• spiral, elliptical, irregular

• spiral, round, irregular

• elliptical, ellipsical, physical

• geometric, spherical, oval

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What are stars that outline a picture in the sky?

• barred spirals

• constellation

• nebulae

• solar prominence

What is the familiar shape within the constellation Ursa Major which contains the pointer stars?

• Big Dipper

• Big Foot

• Little Dipper

• Big Dawg

What is the hottest region of the sun?

• vaccuum

• nebulae

• ionosphere

• core

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

What are streams of gas erupting from the chromosphere and returning in looplike fashion?

• solar prominence

• nebulae

• ionosphere

• vacuum

What are spiral arms attached to a straight "bar" that runs through a galaxy?

• barred spirals

• nebulae

• core

• constellation