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WorksheetsAstronomy Final Exam Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is MOST ideal for observing celestial objects?
reflecting telescope in the backyard in the country
refracting telescope at an observatory between San Diego and Los Angeles
Optical Telescope above Earth's atmosphere (Hubble Telescope)
refracting telescope on the patio of an apartment
Define Asterism
Any grouping of stars that appear to make a shape
Prominent pattern or group of stars used to help determine the location of a constellation
an entire are of the celestial sphere and all objects in it
a tool used to observe the patterns in the night sky
With limited funds for a single mission to Mars, which would be the best mission choice?
Send a manned mission to explore Mars' surface
Send a lander to collect samples on Mars for return to Earth
Send a probe to take genearl measurements of Mars' properties
Send an orbiter to map Mars' surface in detail
Identify which trend is observed in the HR diagram for Main Sequence stars
luminosity is indirectly proportional to the temperature of the stars
there is no correlation between luminosity and temperature
Temperature increases, luminosity increases
Luminosity decreases, temperature increases
What type of eclipse is pictured here? What kind of tides would the Earth be experiencing?
Solar Eclipse, Neap
Solar Eclipse, Spring
Lunar Eclipse, Neap
Lunar Eclipse, Spring
What type of eclipse is pictured here? What kind of tides would the Earth be experiencing?
Solar Eclipse, Neap
Solar Eclipse, Spring
Lunar Eclipse, Neap
Lunar Eclipse, Spring
What moon phase rises at Midnight?
Full
Third Quarter
New
First Quarter
Waning Gibbous
Identify the Moon Phase
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
Waning Crescent
Which Space mission was to be the third to land on the moon, but due to an explosion in the oxygen tank on board, was forced to circle the moon without landing?
Apollo 7
Apollo 13
Mercury Redstone 3
Mercury Atlas 7
Select the description that best describes galaxies
a collection of stars
a collection of stars held together by gravity
a collection of gas and stars held together by gravity
a collection of dust, gas and stars held together by gravity
Which type of spectrums do astronomers use to investigate celestial bodies?
absorption spectrum
emission spectrum
continuous spectrum
all of these
What type of nuclear fusion reactions take place in main sequence stars?
Heleium fuses into carbon and oxygen
Carbon and oxygen are fused into neon, sodium, magnesium, sulfur, and silicon
Neon, sodium, magnesium, sulfur and silicon are fused into calcium and iron
Hydrogen fuses to helium
Which describes why we don't have an eclipse every new and full moon?
The plane of the sun's orbit around the Earth must match the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun so the shadows are cast on either the Earth or moon.
The plane of the moon's orbit around the Earth must match the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun so the shadows are cast on either the Earth or moon.
The plane of the moon's orbit around the Earth must match the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun so the shadows are cast on either the sun or moon.
The plane of the Earth's orbit around the moon must match the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun so the shadows are cast on either the Earth or moon.
Which Plane receives the most direct sunlight during summer?
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Artic Crcle
Tropic of Cancer
Order the planets from greatest mass to least mass
Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus, and Saturn
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury
The stellar remnant of a star with 15 solar masses will end up as a
Supernova
White Dwarf
Black Dwarf
Neutron Star
How many hours of daylight does latitude 50°N have on Dec. 21st?
8 hours
9 hours
10 hours
11 hours
What two factors determine the fate of the universe?
Cosmic microwave background radiation and redshift
amount of dark matter and amount of dark energy
amount of elliptical galaxies and spiral galaixies
amount of black holes and their masses
Which is true about how gravitational forces are affected by mass and distance?
Mass and distance are inversely proportional to the effect of gravity on orbiting objects
Mass and distance are directly proportional to the effect of gravity on orbiting objects
Mass is directly proportional and distance is inversely proportional to the effect on gravity on orbiting objects
Mass is inversely proportional and distance is directly proportional to the effect on gravity on orbiting objects
Path C illustrates the life cycle of a star that will end as a
protostar
white dwarf
neutron star/pulsar
black hole/quasar
