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Space Unit Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the correct word and definition together.

a)

Kepler’s Second Law

1.

Planets move across the same amount of area in the same amount of time

b)

Sun’s Core

2.

Location of nuclear fusion that produces energy

c)

Kepler’s First Law

3.

Planets move in elliptical paths around the sun

d)

Kepler’s Third Law

4.

A planet’s orbital period squared is proportional to its distance from the sun cubed

e)

Cosmic background radiation

5.

Radiation left from the Big Bang

2.

Energy produced in our sun’s core moves through space to Earth by _____.

a)

A. Radiation

b)

B. Radiation and fusion

c)

C. Convection and fusion

d)

D. Fusion

3.

The sun produces energy by fusing hydrogen into ________.

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Carbon

d)

Helium

4.

Energy is produced in the ______________________ layer of the Sun.

a)

Core

b)

Radiation zone

c)

Convection zone

d)

Photosphere

5.

Regardless of size, all stars begin as a _______________.

a)

Red Giant

b)

Supernova

c)

Main Sequence Star

d)

Nebula

6.

Directions: What is the first stage in the lifespan of our sun? Hint: after protostar...

a)

Main Sequence

b)

Red Giant

c)

White Dwarf

d)

Nebula

7.

Which of the following is evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

a)

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

b)

The existence of black holes

c)

The presence of dark matter

d)

The theory of relativity

8.

Which of the following is evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

a)

The existence of cosmic microwave background radiation

b)

The presence of dark matter in the universe

c)

The theory of general relativity

d)

The abundance of hydrogen and helium in the universe

9.

What happens when a star becomes a white dwarf?

a)

It's going to its next life

b)

It's becoming another star

c)

It cools and dies

d)

It gets bigger

10.

In the Nebula stage, _____ pulls particles together to create a protostar.

a)

air

b)

gravity

c)

space

d)

fusion

11.

Fusion begins in the ____ star stage.

a)

end

b)

star

c)

white dwarf

d)

protostar

12.

In our sun, in the convection zone, energy...

a)

convects

b)

radiates

c)

spreads

d)

goes in

13.

In our sun, after the core, is the _____ zone.

a)

convection

b)

radiation

c)

middle

d)

conversion

14.

In the big bang theory, the three pieces of evidence are... (choose all that are correct)

a)

background radiation

b)

nebulization

c)

red shift

d)

elements in space

15.

Scientists are able to predict a planets orbit using...

a)

kepler's laws

b)

space

c)

fusion and convection

d)

mathematics