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astrophysics

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sun is made mostly of what element?

a)

helium

b)

nitrogen

c)

hydrogen

d)

all of the above

2.

What is the process that "powers" stars?

a)

quantum tunneling

b)

nuclear fusion

c)

nuclear fission

d)

all of the above

3.

Most stars, when plotted into a graph of color and brightness fall into a band known as the...

a)

main sequence

b)

zenith pattern

c)

Lagrangian point

d)

all of the above

4.

The final stage for the most massive stars is either a massive explosion known as a supernova or gravitational collapse into a ...

a)

black hole

b)

red giant

c)

nebula

d)

explosion

5.

The Kepler space telescope has found more what than any other space telescope?

a)

comets

b)

asteroids

c)

quasars

d)

exoplanets

6.

A planet that does not orbit any star, instead wandering through the galaxy alone , is called what?

a)

a planetar

b)

a templar

c)

a rogue planet

d)

there are no planets that do not orbit a star

7.

What was the first spacecraft to enter the interstellar medium?

a)

Hubble

b)

Voyager 1

c)

Cassini

d)

Melissa

8.

What is the most widely accepted theory about the origin of the universe

a)

the steady state theory

b)

the big bang theory

c)

the proton cascade theory

d)

all are the same