Pearson Astronomy Chapter 7 Review

Nuclear fusion occurs when the nuclei of several atoms__________.

• Combine

• Explode

• Convection

• Stars

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Which vocab word is described in the statement:

Mary is describing the furthest distance between the planets Jupiter and Venus.

• Apparent magnitude

• Light-Year

• Astronomical Unit

• Luminosity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which vocab word is described in the statement:

Harold and Ralph are discussing the total distance traveled by a spaceship over the course of a long running popular science fiction show.

• Apparent Magnitude

• Astronomical Unit

• Light-Year

• Luminosity

Which vocab word is described in the statement:

Shauna and her mother are picking out the brightest stars in the sky on a camping trip far from the city.

• Apparent Magnitude

• Astronomical Unit

• Light-Year

• Luminosity

Which vocab word is described in the statement:

An astronomer is using mathematical formulas to decide which of two stars would be brighter if he were able to go to a point the same distance from each of them.

• Apparent Magnitude

• Astronomical Unit

• Light-Year

• Luminosity

A star begins as a ___________, a large cloud of gas and dust.

• nebula

• giant

• dwarf

• black hole

A measure of the amount of light received on Earth is a star’s __________.

• apparent magnitude

• absolute magnitude

• position in space

• size

What is a black hole?

• A dense core of neutrons left from a supernova

• An object whose gravity is so great that no light can escape

• An enormous explosion that destroys a star

• A hot, dense, slowly cooling sphere of carbon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which show the evolution of some massive stars in the correct order?

• Protostar, nebula, supernova, neutron star

• Nebula, protostar, neutron star, supernova

• Neutron star, nebula, protostar, supernova

• Nebula, protostar, supernova, neutron star

A galaxy that has a shape similar to a football is a(n) _________ galaxy.

• normal spiral

• barred spiral

• elliptical

• irregular