The image of the black hole in galaxy M87 was detected in the ______ range of the EM spectrum

What kind of star is at location A?

What will first happen to the star at location A as it ages?

If star A is the Sun, what will it become when it has relocated to area B?

If star A is the Sun, what will it become when it has relocated to area D?

Before going through a Type II Supernova, a high-mass star would be in which area of the diagram near the end of its life?

Which layer of the Sun makes nuclear fusion possible?

"The Random Walk" describes the very slow path of gamma photons through which layer of the Sun?

This layer of the Sun is responsible for producing the granulated pattern on the Sun's surface through the process of exchanging gases/plasmas of different densities:

The visible surface of the Sun reveals a granulated pattern, sunspots, and spicules, among other phenomena. What is it called?

If a stellar nebula collapses to form a star, but with less mass than usual, what is the likely outcome?

Protostars that have become dense and hot enough to begin nuclear fusion have now entered the __________ stage.

Brown dwarfs PRIMARILY differ from normal stars by:

The conservation of which property of a collapsing stellar nebula causes it to take on the form of an accretion disk?

Most asteroids are located between the orbits of ______ and ________. (PICK TWO ANSWERS)

Most inactive cometary nuclei are found beyond the orbit of:

The ______________ is/are farthest from the Sun

The Oort Cloud is mostly made of:

Which is the correct ordering of terrestrial planets based on increasing orbital period?

Which is the correct ordering of terrestrial planets based on increasing radius?

Which is the correct ordering of terrestrial planets based on increasing mass?

Which type of telescope would Galileo have used to look at the Moon, Jupiter or Venus?

Which type of telescope would Newton have used to look at the a comet or Saturn?

Which is a reflecting telescope?

Which is a refracting telescope?

Which is a reflecting telescope?

Which of these lists correct orders the phases of the moon?

Which of these is a full moon?

Which of these is a waning crescent moon?

Which of these is a waxing gibbous moon?

How will the moon appear from Earth at position 4?

How will the moon appear from Earth at position 1?

To be considered a dwarf planet, which requirements must be met? (PICK MORE THAN ONE ANSWER)

Which dwarf planet is close enough to Pluto in mass & radius that helped push the "Pluto is not a planet" argument?

Stars in area C are mostly:

What sort of tide would be seen at an ocean at a location beneath the moon in this diagram?

What sort of tide would be seen at an ocean at a location perpendicular to the moon in this diagram?

What special tide is caused when the Moon is in either of these positions relative to the Sun?

What special kind of tide is produced when the Moon is in either of the positions shown relative to the Sun?

What element is the primary constituent of the Jovian planets?

An exoplanet is discovered around a distant star that has a mass 1.5 that of Earth's, a composition revealed by spectral analysis to include high oxygen, silicon and iron content, and has no moons. What would be the best descriptions of this planet? (PICK MORE THAN ONE ANSWER)

Identify the terrestrial planets in this following list (PICK MORE THAN ONE ANSWER):

Of the planets that have magnetic fields, which category tends to have more powerful/larger magnetic fields?

Select the correct order of planets based on lowest to highest number of moons:

Which of the following are disadvantages of refracting telescopes when compared to reflecting telescopes? (PICK MORE THAN ONE ANSWER)

What effect of light waves, shown here for three different telescopes with decreasing resolving power from top to bottom, causes two very close points of light to because difficult to tell apart?

The Hubble Space Telescope generally produces much better images than any ground based telescope. Why is this?

Which of the following would be the best location to build a new ground-based telescope observatory?

What two factors primarily affect the diffraction of light waves entering a telescope? (PICK MORE THAN ONE ANSWER)

Factors such as wind, temperature and mechanical stress can affect the image produced by the mirror of a reflecting telescope. When a segmented mirror is adjusted to correct for these effects, ___________ is being used.

The use of a guiding laser to inform the adjustment of a segmented mirror in response to atmospheric changes is the use of:

Of the following objects, ______ tend to have the most elliptical orbits.

Which of the following would likely have the greatest amount of ice content?

Meteoroids can vary by the amount of _____ and _____ comprising them. (PICK TWO ANSWERS)

Asteroids can vary by the amount of_______, _____ and _____ comprising them. (PICK THREE ANSWERS)

The image shows a:

The process of atomic electrons absorbing specific amounts of energy from light and moving to a "higher" energy level is:

An electron that has released the specific amount of photon energy to return to a lower energy level within an atom has reached its:

This is the emission spectrum for:

This simple device, which uses a prism to separate light into its component color wavelengths, is a:

Each element has electrons that can release light of a few specific wavelengths under certain conditions. When separated, these wavelengths form a(n):

Rank the terrestrial planets based on most to least massive:

Rank the terrestrial planets based on longest to shortest orbital period:

Earth is able to sustain life with liquid water, unlike the other terrestrial planets. This ability is due to its:

Which of these can cause the most problems for humans on Earth?

These structures take on a looped shape as they are affected by local changes in the Sun's magnetic field:

The continuous flow of charged particles emitted by the Sun is the:

This property of Earth protects it from excess solar particles:

The Earth has a substantial amount of metal in its core whereas the Moon is presumed to have a nearly completely rocky interior. This is evidence that possibly supports the ___________ model of the Moon's origin.

The model of the Moon's origin that most astronomers support is the _____ model.

The __________ model suggests that the Moon was a foreign body drawn into the Earth's orbit

According to this diagram, which of the following are viable EM frequency ranges for detection by ground-based telescopes? (PICK MORE THAN ONE)

Which of the types of electromagnetic waves is mostly absorbed in the atmosphere by ozone gas?

Comparing a star's spectral class to its apparent magnitude in order to determine the distance to it is known as:

Spectroscopic parallax is most helpful for stars between _________ parsecs and 25 megaparsecs from Earth.

One primary way in which spectroscopic parallax and stellar parallax differ is that _____________________ does not require the observer to use two different locations to make an observation.

Kepler claimed that the planets did not move in perfect circles about the Sun. He recorded this as which of his laws?

How did Kepler explain this claim that the Earth can travel the longer distance from (C to D) in the same amount of time as the shorter distance (A to B)?

Which law is being described in this image?

Kepler's 3rd Law of Planetary Motion states:

Knowing the average distance of Saturn from the Sun would allow you to calculate its _____ using Kepler's 3rd Law.

The notion that the Apollo lunar landings were a hoax is undermined by: (PICK MORE THAN ONE)

What are some dangers of sending space probes far distances, such as to the outer planets? (PICK MORE THAN ONE)

Sending a probe directly into the atmosphere of a Jovian planet would likely result in:

This diagram show the _______________ of various planets

Entering orbit around Earth is possible with:

Transporting humans to the moon required _____________ rockets compared to those needed to get humans into suborbital or orbital flights

Which stellar event would most likely result in NO remnant/leftover object?

Pulsars can be detected by their lighthouse-like effect due to a misalignment between their: (PICK TWO ANSWERS)

A Type II supernova can produce the following: (PICK MORE THAN ONE)

Two stars explode. Star A produces a neutron star and Star B produces a black hole. What is a likely comparison between Star A and Star B?

A dying red giant can produce the following: (PICK MORE THAN ONE)

This is an example of a:

Select the correct list based on increasing density:

Which would be more likely to have a white dwarf at the center?

Which would be more likely to have a neutron star at the center?

Which REQUIRE two stars to occur? (PICK MORE THAN ONE)

Which REQUIRE a white dwarf to occur? (PICK MORE THAN ONE)

Collisions between neutron stars and hypernovae (explosions of tremendously massive stars) could produce great amounts of: