Astronomy Review

How does energy from the Sun reach Earth?

• sound waves

• seismic waves

• electromagnetic radiation

• solar wind

On the EMS, the shortest and highest energy waves are....

• infrared waves

• visible light

• radio waves

• gamma rays

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What is the sun mostly made up of?

• Hydrogen and Beryllium

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Hydrogen and Oxygen

• Hydrogen and Sulfur

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Which term describes when the Earth spins on its axis.

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Kepler's Laws
• Precession

Where does nuclear fusion occur with the sun?

• Space

• Radiation Zone

• Photosphere

• The Core

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The energy from the sun is created by a process called:

• nuclear fission
• nuclear fusion
• nuclear reaction
• nuclear core

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Earth’s natural satellite is the 

• Sun
• comet
• asteroid
• moon

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Discovered that the orbits of the planets were actually not circular but elliptical

• Edwin Hubble
• Galileo Galilei
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler

An explosion of a massive star is known as 

• black hole
• supernova
• red giant
• neutron star

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The distance between the Earth and the Sun is one ______________

• astronomical unit.

• Light-year

• kilometer

• meter

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