

Galaxies - Crash Course
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English
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10th Grade
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Hard
Brandon Lopez
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13 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When first viewed through a telescope, galaxies appeared fuzzy or smoky. This led astronomers to believe they were what object?
supernovae
binary stars
nebulae
Cepheid variable stars
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who determined that the object M31 was outside of the Milky Way, and therefore must be its own galaxy?
Edwin Hubble
Annie Jump Cannon
Haber Curtis
Harold Shapley
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What object(s) in M31 were used to determine the distance of M31?
Type Ia supernova
binary stars
Cepheid variable stars
pulsars
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a type of galaxy?
spiral
peculiar
elliptical
elongated
irregular
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do the star-forming nebulae in spiral galaxies appear pink in color?
they spiral arms are spinning quickly and changing the color of the arms
the stars are dying inside the nebulae and giving off a reddish hue
this is the color that warm hydrogen gas give off
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The way a spiral galaxy appears in the sky depends on the angle with which we view the galaxy
FALSE
TRUE
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Elliptical galaxies (check all that apply):
have many nebulae, forming new stars all of the time
are full of mostly old stars
contain little gas or dust
are likely the result of galaxies colliding
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