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Geoscience Unit 2 Exam Review

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 13hrs 31mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these is not part of the study of geoscience?

a)

What future societies might live on Earth or other planets

b)

How the Earth and its surroundings were made

c)

What the Earth and its surroundings are made of

d)

Processes that continue to shape the Earth and its surroundings

2.

What did Edwin Hubble's discoveries lead to?

a)

The idea that the universe is expanding

b)

The discovery of aliens

c)

Cosmic background radiation

d)

Dark matter

3.

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

a)

How our planets and moons formed

b)

How our universe began

c)

How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

d)

How fast light travels through space

4.

Light emitted from a star or galaxy can be separated into a band of colors, called a ________.

a)

Red Shift

b)

Wave Length

c)

Spectrum

d)

Microwave

5.

Cosmic microwave background radiation is:

a)

the remaining energy from the big bang.

b)

incredibly hot.

c)

visible to the human eye.

d)

only located in certain places in the universe.

6.
Light waves that are stretched out by objects moving apart:
a)
have a shorter wavelength.
b)
travel faster than the speed of light.
c)
are invisible.
d)
appear more red.
7.
The greater the redshift:
a)
the faster the galaxy is moving.
b)
the shorter the light waves.
c)
the bigger the galaxy.
d)
the closer the galaxy.
8.

What color of star is the hottest?

a)

Blue

b)

Red

c)

Yellow

d)

Orange

9.

What is the name of the explosion at the death of a massive star?

a)

Supergiant

b)

Supernova

c)

Black Hole

d)

Nebula

10.

______ is a force that causes dust particles to stick together in a nebula.

a)

nuclear fusion

b)

gravity

c)

hydrogen

d)

friction

11.

Most stars are made of which elements?

a)

Hydrogen only

b)

Hydrogen and Lithium

c)

Hydrogen and Sodium

d)

Hydrogen and Helium

12.

Light can escape a black hole.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What are stars?

a)

Rocky bodies

b)

A giant ball of gas that emits light

c)

5 pointed shapes

d)

Hollywood actors

14.

What path a star takes in its life cycle is determined by its ____.

a)

luminosity

b)

color

c)

distance from Earth

d)

mass

15.

Luminosity is...

a)

a stars core temperature.

b)

how far the star is.

c)

what color the star is.

d)

how much light a star gives off.

16.

Hertzsprung & Russell created a graph of stars plotting....

a)

luminosity vs. temperature.

b)

luminosity vs distance.

c)

color vs. temperature.

d)

temperature vs. distance.

17.

As the earth rotates on its axis, the constellations and stars appear to _________.

a)

move closer to the earth

b)

stand still in the sky

c)

move in a circle

d)

get brighter and brighter

18.

The sky is divided into ____ constellations.

a)

11

b)

22

c)

44

d)

88

19.

What property of stars allows scientists to study them?

a)

Their mass

b)

The light they give off

c)

Their size

d)

Their density

20.

Why are different stars visible in different seasons?

a)

The Earth's rotation on its axis

b)

The stars are moving in space

c)

The Earth's movement towards these stars

d)

The Earth's revolution around the sun

21.

Which of these is could NOT describe the actual motion of stars?

a)

Moving towards or away from the Earth

b)

Revolving around the Earth

c)

Revolving around another star

d)

Rotating on an axis

22.

What process causes stars to give off light?

a)

Nuclear fusion

b)

Nuclear fission

c)

Electromagnetic radiation

d)

They just give off light naturally

23.

What is the largest classification group for objects in the universe?

a)

Star cluster

b)

Binary star

c)

Solar system

d)

Galaxy

24.

What are the two most common elements in stars?

a)

Helium and oxygen

b)

Hydrogen and oxygen

c)

Hydrogren and helium

d)

Oxygen and neon

25.

A light year is a measure of

a)

Time

b)

Distance

c)

Speed

d)

Energy

26.

What do astronomers know about quasars?

a)

Quasars are planets

b)

Quasars are stars

c)

Quasars can often be an indication of a black hole

d)

Quasars and neutron stars are the same thing

27.

A very large and bright star whose hot core has used most of its hydrogen

a)

Cosmology

b)

Nova

c)

Black hole

d)

Red Giant or Giant Star

28.

An object so massive and dense that even light can't escape its gravity

a)

Pulsar

b)

Black hole

c)

Constellation

d)

Galaxy

29.

One of 88 regions into which the sky has been divided; a group of stars organized in a recognizable pattern

a)

Cosmology

b)

Star

c)

Galaxy

d)

Constellation

30.

The study of the origin, properties, processes, and evolution of the universe

a)

Astronomy

b)

Cosmology

c)

Geoscience

d)

Chemistry

31.

A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

a)

Galaxy

b)

Planet

c)

Nuclear fusion

d)

Constellation

32.

The process by which two hydrogen atoms combine to form a helium atom + energy in the form of light

a)

Nuclear fusion

b)

Pulsar

c)

Doppler effect

d)

Nebula

33.

A large thing in the sky made of gas that emits light

a)

Black hole

b)

Galaxy

c)

Spaceship

d)

Star

34.

An observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source or the observer is moving.

a)

Cosmology

b)

Doppler effect

c)

Nuclear fusion

d)

The Big Bang Theory

35.

Stuff

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

36.

Interacts gravitationally

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

37.

Pulls stuff closer together

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

38.

Holds different galaxies/solar systems together

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

39.

Doesn't give off light

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

40.

We don't know what it's made of, probably a particle we don't know exists yet

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

41.

Make up large portions of the universe

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

42.

A force

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

43.

Opposes gravity

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

44.

The reason why the universe is expanding

a)

Dark matter

b)

Dark energy

c)

Both

45.

What type of galaxy is this?

a)

Spiral galaxy

b)

Elliptical galaxy

c)

Irregular galaxy

46.

What type of galaxy is this?

a)

Spiral galaxy

b)

Elliptical galaxy

c)

Irregular galaxy

47.

What type of galaxy is this?

a)

Spiral galaxy

b)

Elliptical galaxy

c)

Irregular galaxy

48.

What is the CAUSE of the Big Bang?

a)

Cosmic background radiation

b)

Galaxies

c)

Nuclear fusion

d)

We don't know

49.

Which of these happens FIRST in the life cycle of a massive star?

a)

Supergiant

b)

Black hole

c)

Nebula

d)

Neutron star

50.

What causes supergiants to collapse and explode in supernovas?

a)

Gravity

b)

Nebulas

c)

Black holes

d)

Dark matter

51.

A white dwarf forms from a _______ massive star.

a)

Less

b)

More

c)

Equal

52.

What causes a nebula to come together to form a star?

a)

Gravity

b)

Dark energy

c)

Supernovas

d)

Neutron stars