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Unit 3 & 4 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is parallax?

a)

the distance from the sun to the moon

b)

comparing things and seeing how their relative position changes as we move

c)

the hot spots on the sun

d)

how far we are from the sun

2.

what is the galaxy we live in?

a)

solar system

b)

milky way

c)

ava way

d)

parsec

3.

how far away is GNZ11?

a)

10 billion light years

b)

1 billion light years

c)

31.96 billion light years away

d)

2 billion light years

4.

how old is the light we see from the center of the Milky Way?

a)

100,000 light years

b)

1000,000 light years away

c)

10 light years

d)

1,000 light years

5.

why do we need a map of the milky way?

a)

astronauts cannot travel that far

b)

the images aren't accurate

c)

it's too far away so we can't get a picture of it

d)

we're too lazy to go into space and take a pic

6.

how many minutes does it take for light to travel from the Sun to Earth

a)

10 min

b)

30 seconds

c)

3 minutes

d)

8 minutes

7.

how many miles is 1 light year?

a)

5,800,000,000,000 miles

b)

180,000 miles

c)

100,000,000,000 miles

d)

120,000,000,000 miles

8.

what is it called when a light travels for a year.

a)

sun year

b)

light year

c)

moon year

d)

leap year

9.

how big is a Parsec?

a)

20 light years

b)

3 light years

c)

3.26 light years

d)

4 light years

10.

how many AU is one light year?

a)

50000 AU

b)

63241 AU

c)

10000 AU

d)

60000 AU

11.

how does a star cycle start?

a)

nuclear power plant

b)

nebula

c)

big cloud of dust

d)

red giant

12.

what is an expanding and fusing star with larger elements like carbon, oxygen and iron?

a)

white dwarf

b)

red giant

c)

nebula

d)

the sun

13.

what is a small dust star that slowly burns out and cools at the end of an average star's life?

a)

star

b)

red giant

c)

white dwarf

d)

nuclear

14.

what is a small dense and cool corpse of an old star that is not bright enough to emit light?

a)

sun

b)

yellow giant

c)

white dwarf

d)

black dwarf

15.

how old is the sun?

a)

10 billion years

b)

5 billion years old

c)

4.6 billion years old

d)

2 billion years old

16.

what happens in the protostar phase?

a)

it explodes

b)

heat energy is created

c)

turns into a white dwarf

d)

it lights up

17.

what happens in the red giant phase?

a)

it turns white

b)

it grows smaller

c)

hydrogen fuel runs out

d)

it explodes

18.

what happens during the fusion phase?

a)

hydrogen is created

b)

turns into a white dwarf

c)

it expands

d)

the core shrinks

19.

what phase is a star in when other material is blasted into space?

a)

supernova + planetary nebula

b)

red giant

c)

end phase

d)

main sequence

20.

after the conclusion phase, what happens to the star?

a)

turns into red giant

b)

grows bigger

c)

turns into a dwarf

d)

turns into nebula