WorksheetsAstronomy Test #1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following IS NOT a type of optical telescope?
a)
radio
b)
reflecting
c)
refracting
2.
How do refracting telescopes gather and focus visible light?
a)
They use lenses
b)
They use flat mirrors
c)
They use curved mirrors
d)
They don't gather and focus light
3.
How do reflecting telescopes gather and focus visible light?
a)
They use lenses
b)
They use flat mirrors
c)
They use curved mirrors
d)
They don't gather and focus light
4.
What type of optical telescope is most likely to experience distortion?
a)
reflecting
b)
radio
c)
refracting
5.
Which of the following is the BEST place to have a telescope?
a)
On a mountain
b)
In the desert
c)
Underground
d)
In space
6.
Which of the following is the BEST place to have a telescope?
a)
In the middle of nowhere
b)
In a city
c)
Underground
7.
Spectroscopes help us learn the ____, _____, and ____ of a star.
a)
age, size, and position
b)
temperature, composition, and age
c)
melting point, density, and age
d)
size, life span, and name
8.
Satellites can be...
a)
Natural
b)
Man-made
c)
Natural AND man-made
9.
What was the first man-made satellite successfully launched?
a)
Hubble
b)
International Space Station
c)
Sputnik
d)
Sputnik 1
10.
How do we know what the Mars Rovers have discovered?
a)
They sent the information back using email
b)
They sent the information back using light waves
c)
They sent the information back using phone signals
d)
They sent the information back using radio waves
11.
Which of the following IS NOT a main shape of galaxies?
a)
elliptical
b)
cubical
c)
irregular
d)
spiral
12.
Which type of galaxy is the oldest and dimmest?
a)
elliptical
b)
spiral
c)
irregular
13.
Which type of galaxy is the youngest and brightestt?
a)
elliptical
b)
spiral
c)
irregular
14.
Which type of galaxy do we live in?
a)
elliptical
b)
spiral
c)
irregular
15.
How far away from The Milky Way is Andromeda (our closest neighbor)?
a)
2.5 million miles
b)
8 minutes
c)
300,000 kilometers
d)
2.5 million light years
16.
Where are we located in The Milky Way?
a)
in the very center
b)
partway down one arm
c)
at the outermost edge
d)
it depends on the time of year
17.
What does a "light year" measure?
a)
time
b)
distance
c)
temperature
d)
volume
18.
If the sun burned out right now, when would we know it?
a)
never
b)
in exactly one year
c)
in 8 minutes
d)
instantly
19.
How old do scientists think the universe is?
a)
4.5 billion years
b)
infinitely old (it had no beginning)
c)
9 billion years
d)
13.8 billion years
20.
Which of the following questions would be most useful in trying to determine the age of the universe?
a)
How big is the Sun?
b)
How many planets are there?
c)
What is the universe's rate of expansion?
d)
Do black holes really exist?
21.
Which of the following IS NOT something the universe is made of?
a)
energy
b)
matter
c)
sound
22.
If a star is very old it has lots and lots of ______ in it.
a)
hydrogen
b)
helium
c)
brightness
d)
matter
23.
What is this describing? "Stars move away from us and stretch out the light waves which changes how we see them."
a)
The Big Bang
b)
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
c)
Red Shift
d)
The Law of Conservation of Matter
24.
Red Shift is the best evidence of _________.
a)
The Law of Gravity
b)
Expanding Universe Theory
c)
Newton's Laws of Motion
d)
The Theory of Evolution
25.
Rapid universe expansion is the best evidence of ______.
a)
Newton's Laws of Motion
b)
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
c)
The Big Bang Theory
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