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Quiz # 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An American astronomer who observed that the galaxies appear to be moving away.

(a)  

2.

What kind of shift was being asked? if the galaxies appear to be moving away from us?

a)

Black Shift

b)

Blue Shift

c)

Red Shift

d)

Green Shift

3.

What kind of shift was being asked? if the galaxies are moving toward us?

a)

Black Shift

b)

Blue Shift

c)

Red Shift

d)

Green Shift

4.

The distance from one wave of energy to another.

(a)  

5.

a form of energy would cause the universe to expand faster and faster.

(a)  

6.

It makes galaxies possible to exist.

(a)  

7.

The third planet from the sun.

(a)  

8.

It states that the Solar System formed from nebula which collapsed under its own gravity.

a)

Nebular Hypotheses

b)

Encounter Hypotheses

c)

Planetesimal Hypotheses

9.

It states that the Solar System formed from the collision between the Sun and rogue star.

a)

Nebular Hypotheses

b)

Encounter Hypotheses

c)

Planetesimal Hypotheses

10.

The following planets are terrestrial, except for what?

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Neptune

e)

Earth

11.

The following planets are jovian, except for what?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Venus

d)

Uranus

e)

Neptune

12.

When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or shooting stars are called (a)   .

13.

When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it's called a (a)   .

14.

A region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

a)

Asteroid Belt

b)

Kuiper Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Milky way

15.

It marks the outer boundary of the solar system.

a)

Asteroid Belt

b)

Kuiper Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Milky way

16.

What are the essential needs to form a universe?

a)

Gas, hydrogen, and gravity

b)

Gas, oxygen, and gravity

c)

Gas, carbon dioxide, and gravity

17.

A collection of celestial bodies like comets and asteroids outside the orbit of Neptune

a)

Asteroid Belt

b)

Kuiper Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Milky way

18.

It is often referred to as the Red Planet.

(a)  

19.

The coldest planet in the solar system.

(a)  

20.

The smallest and innermost planet.

(a)