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Earth Science Review game

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Electromagnetic radiation

a)

energy that can travel through space in the form of waves

b)

radiation that travels in space

c)

electric waves

2.

wave length

a)

the length of a wave

b)

includes all the waves

c)

distance between each crest

3.

visible light spectrum

a)

the colors you cant see

b)

includes red,orange,yellow,violet,green,blue

c)

includes grey

4.

electromagnetic spectrum

a)

includes all the radio waves

b)

includes the visible light spectrum

c)

can travel through space in the form of waves

5.

which is not a telescope

a)

optical

b)

refracting

c)

reflecting

d)

attracting

6.

optical telescope

a)

uses lenses or mirrors

b)

doesn't use a lense

c)

doesn't use a mirror

7.

refracting telescope

a)

barely collects light

b)

doesn't use a convex lense

c)

uses a convex lense

8.

reflecting telescope

a)

uses a convex lenses

b)

uses a curved mirror

c)

doesn't collect focus light

9.

radio telescope

a)

used to detect radio waves

b)

uses a convex lenses

c)

uses a curved lenses

10.

constellation

a)

a single star

b)

an imaginary pattern of stars in the sky

c)

a cluster of stars

11.

spectrograph

a)

can make light into colors

b)

a device that can break light into colors

c)

you cant see the colors

12.

apparent brightness

a)

how bright the sun is

b)

more complex

c)

as bright as seen from earth

13.

absolute brightness

a)

more complex than apparent brightness

b)

as seen from our view

c)

visible light

14.

light-year

a)

earth years

b)

space years

c)

the distance light travels

15.

parallax

a)

apparent change in positions

b)

how bright a star is

c)

how fast light travels

16.

main sequence

a)

a diagonal area on an H-R diagram

b)

a cluster of stars

c)

the path a star takes

17.

Nebula

a)

a certain type of star

b)

a large cloud of gas

c)

dust

18.

protostar

a)

a glowing cloud of dust and gas

b)

a rapidly spinning neutron

c)

a contracting cloud of gas and dust

19.

planetary nebula

a)

gas and dust

b)

a glowing cloud of gas

c)

an explosion of a nebula

20.

white dwarf

a)

the blue-white core of a star

b)

a shining star

c)

a group of stars

21.

black dwarf

a)

a dark star

b)

a non-shining star

c)

when a white dwarf stops glowing

22.

supernova

a)

a super giant star

b)

the explosion of a star

c)

a glowing star

23.

neutron star

a)

the small dense remains of a high-mass star

b)

a star that is always in a group

c)

a small star

24.

pulsar

a)

a type of wave

b)

a type of star

c)

a rapidly spinning neutron that produces radio waves

25.

black hole

a)

an object whose gravity is so strong

b)

whats left behind after a supernova

c)

gas and dust

26.

star system

a)

a huge group of stars

b)

groups of two or more stars

c)

a graph of stars

27.

binary star

a)

star systems that have two stars

b)

a single star

c)

a star that is too far away for us to see

28.

eclipsing binary

a)

a system which a star blocks the light of another star

b)

a star that goes in front of the moon

c)

a star that blacks out

29.

star clusters

a)

larger groups of stars

b)

a group of small stars

c)

a group of supergiants

30.

open cluster

a)

stars drift into the other stars

b)

a group of neutron stars

c)

contains many bright supergiant,gas,and dust

31.

globular cluster

a)

large grouping of older stars

b)

a large group of young stars

c)

a group of dead stars

32.

galaxy

a)

where we are

b)

all of space in it

c)

a huge group of single stars

33.

spiral

a)

no spiral arms

b)

appear to have circle in middle and arms that spiral outwards

c)

a group of circling stars

34.

ellipitical

a)

no spiral arms

b)

a bright star

c)

a star that blocks the light of another star

35.

irregular galaxies

a)

a special galaxy

b)

galaxies that do not have regular shapes

c)

distant bright object

36.

milky way

a)

a cluster of stars

b)

spiral galaxy that our solar system is located in

c)

group of single stars

37.

quasars

a)

distinct bright objects that look like stars

b)

a bright star

c)

a cluster of bright stars

38.

universe

a)

spiral galaxy

b)

a galaxy

c)

all of space and everything in it

39.

scientific notation

a)

very large and small numbers

b)

a graph of all stars

c)

a guess of what stars will do

40.

what is found in the visible light spectrum?(multi-select)

a)

red

b)

grey

c)

yellow

d)

violet

41.

what are the characteristics used the classify stars

a)

size

b)

mass

c)

color

d)

name

42.

what is the life cycle of a high mass star

a)

supernova

b)

white dwarf ,black dwarf

c)

nebula

43.

what is found on electromagnetic spectrum

a)

gamma rays

b)

visible light

c)

microwaves

d)

rainbows

44.

how did the milky way earn its name

a)

greeks came up with the milky way because it spilled milk

b)

people

c)

greeks

45.

which of these are a scientific notation?

a)

300 x 10(3)

b)

200

c)

10(2)

46.

what makes a cluster and globular similar?(multiply answer)

a)

both have older stars

b)

both contain thousands/millions of stars

c)

both contain dust and gas giants

47.

what is the difference between open cluster and a globular cluster (multiple answer)

a)

globular cluster has old stars

b)

open cluster

c)

open cluster has only old stars

d)

globular has younger stars

48.

observatory

a)

a single huge telescope

b)

a building filled with many telescopes

49.

hertzsprung- Russell Diagram

a)

a diagram

b)

Russell diagram or the h-r diagram: a graph relating the surface temperatures and absolute brightness of stars used to classify stars and see how they change over time

c)

hertz

50.

which is more accurate?

a)

absolute brightness

b)

apparent brightness

51.

what happens when a high mass star explodes

a)

supernova

b)

black hole

c)

black dwarf

52.

what two ways can a high mass star end up as

a)

black hole

b)

neutron star

c)

white dwarf

d)

black dwarf

53.

what is the name of the galaxy we are in?

a)

universe

b)

milky way

54.

3,120,000

a)

3.12 x 10 (6)

b)

2.13 x 10(5)

55.

0.0043

a)

43 x 10(5)

b)

0.43 x 10(3)

c)

4.3 x 10(-3)

56.

0.00003564

a)

0.3564 x 10(-4)

b)

3.564 x 10(-5)

c)

3564 x 10(5)