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Ch. 4 Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do main sequence stars like the sun make their energy?

a)

fusion of hydrogen into helium

b)

fission of hydrogen into helium

c)

fusion of helium into hydrogen

d)

fission of helium into hydrogen

2.

Stars are born in

a)

the big bang

b)

black holes

c)

protoplanetary disks

d)

nebulae

3.

A nebula is...

a)

cosmic microwave background

b)

planets that are in the process of forming

c)

a cloud of dust and gas in space

d)

the same thing as a singularity

4.

A white dwarf is the final stage for _________ mass stars like our Sun.

a)

low

b)

high

5.
The path a star takes during its life cycle depends solely on its _____.
a)
temperature
b)
luminosity
c)
mass
d)
location
6.
In this stage, a star spends most of its life. Hydrogen is fused into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.
a)
nebula
b)
protostar
c)
main-sequence
d)
supergiant
7.

What is the sun made up of?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Helium

c)

Hydrogen and Helium

d)

None of the Above

8.

What is left behind after a supernova explosion?

a)

comet

b)

red giant

c)

white dwarf

d)

neutron star or black hole

9.
In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?
a)
Stars Get Larger
b)
Stars get Colder
c)
Stars get Hotter
d)
Stars get Brighter
10.
Which color of star is the coolest?
a)
Yellow Star
b)
Red Star
c)
Orange Star
d)
Blue Star
11.
As a whole, Giants are considered hotter than White Dwarfs.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
As you move from the bottom to the top of the H R diagram the __________ changes.
a)
Temperature
b)
Luminosity or Brightness
13.

Which of these observations of Barnard’s Star is most likely accurate?

a)

Barnard's star is less bright than sun and cooler

b)

Barnard's star is brighter than the sun but hotter

c)

Barnard's star is less bright than our sun but hotter

d)

Barnard's star is equal in brightness and temperature to the sun

14.
Look at the H-R diagram. Which star is
sort of cool, dim (not too much light), and red?
a)
Betelguse
b)
Sirius B
c)
Procyon B
d)
Barnard's star
15.
Which star has the lowest temperature?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
16.
Which spectral class does our star, the sun, belong to?
a)
M
b)
K
c)
G
d)
F
17.

What Seasons is position A?

a)

Northern Hemisphere (Summer)/ Southern Hemisphere (Winter)

b)

Northern Hemisphere (Fall)/ Southern Hemisphere (Winter)

c)

Northern Hemisphere (Spring)/ Southern Hemisphere (Fall)

d)

Northern Hemisphere (Winter)/ Southern Hemisphere (Summer)

18.

What Seasons is position B?

a)

Northern Hemisphere (Summer)/ Southern Hemisphere (Winter)

b)

Northern Hemisphere (Fall)/ Southern Hemisphere (Spring)

c)

Northern Hemisphere (Spring)/ Southern Hemisphere (Fall)

d)

Northern Hemisphere (Winter)/ Southern Hemisphere (Summer)

19.

What Seasons is position C?

a)

Northern Hemisphere (Summer)/ Southern Hemisphere (Winter)

b)

Northern Hemisphere (Fall)/ Southern Hemisphere (Spring)

c)

Northern Hemisphere (Spring)/ Southern Hemisphere (Fall)

d)

Northern Hemisphere (Winter)/ Southern Hemisphere (Summer)

20.

What Seasons is position D?

a)

Northern Hemisphere (Summer)/ Southern Hemisphere (Winter)

b)

Northern Hemisphere (Fall)/ Southern Hemisphere (Spring)

c)

Northern Hemisphere (Spring)/ Southern Hemisphere (Fall)

d)

Northern Hemisphere (Winter)/ Southern Hemisphere (Summer)

21.

Which part of the Earth is receiving the most direct Sunlight?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Polar Hemisphere

d)

MidAtlantic Hemisphere

22.

The REVOLUTION around the Sun and the TILT on the Earth's axis cause what?

a)

Seasons

b)

Rain

c)

Tidal Waves

d)

Moon Phases.

23.

There would be no seasons if there was no ____________.

a)

tilt

b)

rotation

c)

moon

d)

Saturn

24.

What is it called when an object moves around another object, also referred to as orbiting? For Earth it's 365 days or 1 year.

a)

Revolution

b)

Rotation

c)

Moon's Gravity

d)

Lunar Phases

25.
The Milky Way is shaped like a
a)
ellipse
b)
spiral
c)
double spiral
26.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
27.
Galaxies are composed of (best answer)
a)
stars
b)
stars and gas
c)
stars, dust, and gas
d)
stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity
28.

Where are we located within our galaxy?

a)

On one of the spiral arms

b)

On the outer edge

c)

In between 2 of the spiral arms

d)

In the center bulge

29.

Which statement about gravity is true?

a)

gravity causes objects to pull towards one another

b)

gravity causes objects to push away from each other

c)

gravity only takes place between planets

d)

the moon doesn't have any gravity

30.

What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

density

d)

distance

31.
Mr. Jones, an archeologist, travels to study land animal fossils from millions of years ago.  He has found fossils of the smae land animals in eastern South America and western Africa.  Which conclusion best supports Mr. Jones' findings? 
a)
The 2 continents were once joined together as part of a larger continent.  
b)
Land animals found from fossils collected from the west coast of Africa are similar to the ones found on the east coast of South America
c)
Early Europeans became Zombies as a Result of the Rock coming to save the world in the movie San Andreas
d)
The animals developed on the two continents at the exact same time
32.
What was Pangea?
a)
An ancient Mountain Range that divided Africa
b)
A large valley where civilization began.
c)
A supercontinent where all Earth's land masses were joined.
d)
A large meteor that hit Earth and destroyed all of the dinosaurs
33.
Andrew found warm-weather plant fossils while on an expedition to Antarctica.  Which conclusion best supports his find?  
a)
The seeds of plants were carried by flying dinosaurs that escaped Jurrassic Park
b)
The island was once closer to the equator, but has since drifted to its current location
c)
Ancient Mariners transported the plants to the island.  
d)
The plants drifted on the ocean currents to the island.  
34.

Wegner used the following as pieces of evidence...

a)

fit/shape of continents

b)

geologic and fossil

c)

climate

d)

all of the above

35.

Spring tides cause...

a)

nothing

b)

higher and lower than average tides

c)

higher than average tides

d)

lower than average tides

36.

What kind of tide is shown in this image?

a)

High tide

b)

Low tide

c)

Spring tide

d)

Neap tide

37.

What kind of tide is shown in this image?

a)

High tide

b)

Low tide

c)

Spring tide

d)

Neap tide

38.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?
a)
transform
b)
subduction
c)
convergent
d)
divergent
39.
What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?
a)
rift valley
b)
mountain
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
trench
40.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
divergent
d)
pizza
41.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
lateral
42.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
lateral
d)
convergent
43.
What is happening at point B?
a)
subduction
b)
a divergent boundary
c)
convection
d)
an earthquake
44.

Continental Mountain Ranges form at which type of plate boundary?

a)

Covergent - Oceanic - Oceanic

b)

Convergent - Continental - Continental

c)

Divergent - Ocean - Oceanic

d)

Divergent - Continental - Continental

45.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building

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