Free Printable Astronomy Review

1.

Where is the best place to put a telescope to get the clearest images of deep space?

a)

Near a city

b)

In space

c)

Top of a mountain

d)

In a desert

2.

What shape is the Milky Way galaxy?

a)

Elliptical

b)

Spiral

c)

Irregular

3.

Where is our Solar System located in the Milky Way galaxy?

a)

Near the center

b)

Near the outside on one of the arms

4.

Which type of galaxy are the oldest and least bright?

a)

Spiral

b)

Elliptical

c)

Irregular

5.

What 2 things make up everything in the Universe?

a)

Matter and Heat

b)

Energy and Matter

c)

Energy and Dust

d)

Mass and Volume

6.

What is the best evidence for the Big Bang theory?

a)

How fast light can travel

b)

The expansion of the Universe

c)

Creation of new planets

7.

Red Shift means

a)

galaxies are moving towards each other

b)

galaxies are moving away from each other

8.

In stars, which two elements provide their fuel source to provide heat and light?

a)

Oxygen and Hydrogen

b)

Hydrogen and Helium

c)

Carbon and Iron

d)

Magnesium and Cobalt

9.

Stars are formed from big clouds of gas and dust is known as a ______.

a)

clouds grande

b)

BCOG's

c)

neutron clouds

d)

nebulae

10.

A star is born when ________________ begins to happen.

a)

nuclear fusion

b)

nuclear abrasion

c)

crying

d)

nuclear fission

11.

Larger, cooler stars are called ___________.

a)

Blue Giants

b)

White Dwarfs

c)

Red Giants

d)

Yellow Giants

12.

The core of a Red Giant collapses and becomes a ___________________.

a)

White Dwarf

b)

Blue Supergiant

c)

Red Supergiant

d)

Black Hole

13.

When the core of a Red Supergiant collapses, a bright event known as a ___________ occurs.

a)

superdupernova

b)

supernova

c)

big bang

d)

black hole

14.

After a supernova, the core can collapse into a neutron star, or if massive enough even a ___________.

a)

Black Hole

b)

White Dwarf

c)

Brown Dwarf

d)

Black Dwarf

15.

More massive stars continue to fuse elements in their cores all the way up to ________.

a)

silicon

b)

iron (Fe)

c)

carbon

d)

plutonium

16.

A black hole is an object so dense with so much gravity that even ________ cannot escape.

a)

man

b)

bacon

c)

spaceships

d)

light

17.

Everything you see around you was made inside ________.

a)

the earth

b)

factories

c)

stars

d)

an oven

18.

The distance that light travels in one year...

a)

Light year

b)

Quantumyear

c)

Stellar-year

d)

1 million kilometers

19.

By looking at the color of a star, astronomers can tell about the --

a)

distance of the star

b)

location of the star

c)

temperature of the star

d)

shape of the star

20.

The H-R diagram is useful in studying all of these about a star except for its

a)

brightness

b)

location in the sky

c)

temperature

d)

magnitude

21.

Sun is hotter than Rigel.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

In the diagram given, why are white dwarfs off the main sequence?

a)

They are very hot.

b)

They are very bright.

c)

They are very hot but not very bright.

d)

They are very hot and very bright.

23.

Which star is brighter? Rigel or Sirius B?

a)

Rigel

b)

Sirius B

24.

Compared to the rest of the stars, our sun is considered...

a)

Extremely Large and Cold

b)

Small with a medium temperature

c)

Medium size with medium temperature

25.

Which star is hotter? Sun or Betelgeuse?

a)

Sun

b)

Betelgeuse

26.

Which color stars are coolest?

a)

Yellow Stars

b)

Red Stars

c)

Orange Stars

d)

Blue Stars

27.

Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Visible Light

c)

Microwaves

d)

Gamma Rays

28.

Which type of visible light has the highest energy?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Green

d)

Violet

29.

Which type of radiation has a frequency closest to 10⁵?

a)

Radio

b)

Infrared

c)

Ultraviolet

d)

X-Ray

30.

Which of the following types of radiation has the shortest wavelength and the highest frequency?

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Infrared

c)

Visible

d)

X-Rays

31.

Which type of electromagnetic radiation has a wavelength near 10^-8?

a)

Microwave

b)

Infrared

c)

Visible

d)

Ultraviolet

32.

If the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is longer, what is true about the energy?

a)

Energy is higher.

b)

Energy is lower.

c)

Energy is not dependent on wavelength.

d)

energy is cancelled out

33.

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

a)

high, low

b)

high, high

c)

low, high

d)

low, low

34.

The type of wave with the shortest wavelength and highest frequency. This type of wave is extremely harmful.

a)

radio

b)

infrared

c)

gamma

d)

x ray

35.

What is most likely Object #2?

a)

Venus

b)

a nearby star relatively close to our solar system

c)

a black hole near the center of the Milky Way

d)

another galaxy

36.

Horsehead Nebula is located about 1,500 light years from Earth in the constellation Orion. What is most likely occurring in the Horsehead Nebula?

a)

new star formation

b)

formation of black holes

c)

star explosions like supernovas

d)

the birth of new galaxies

37.

Use this model of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram to answer question.

An astronomer discovers a new star that is very hot, but not very bright. What type of star did she discover?

a)

a red giant

b)

a young star on the main sequence

c)

an old star on the main sequence

d)

a white dwarf

38.

Our Sun is a middle-aged star with an average temperature and brightness. What type of star is our Sun according to the Hertzburg-Russell diagram?

a)

a white dwarf

b)

a red giant

c)

a star on the upper left portion on the main sequence

d)

a star in the middle of the main sequence

39.

As a normal, averaged-size star progresses through its life cycle, what change will it undergo?

a)

it becomes cooler

b)

it gets smaller

c)

it becomes brighter

d)

its gravity increases

40.

Which of the following galaxies is most like our own Milky Way?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

41.

Pulsars are dense, rotating stars that emit strong electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength around 6 mm. Using the chart below, what type of telescope would be best suited for observing pulsars?

a)

radio telescopes

b)

infrared telescopes

c)

optical telescopes

d)

ultraviolet telescopes

42.

You hear an astronomer on television mention that an object in space is about 10 light-years away from planet Earth. This object is located:

a)

in the solar system

b)

nearby in the Milky Way galaxy

c)

on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy

d)

in another galaxy

43.

Which area of the diagram represents the white dwarfs?

a)

Area M

b)

Area X

c)

Area P

d)

Area Z

44.

The stars we see at night are:

a)

in the Milky Way galaxy

b)

in the solar system

c)

in galaxies other than the Milky Way

d)

both A and C

Astronomy Review

Total questions: 44

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