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quiz_8_earth_and_space_science.docxJupiter is a
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Dwarf Planet |
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Terrestrial Planet |
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Jovian Planet |
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Protosun |
Question 2
The Milky way is believes to be a _________ galaxy
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Globular |
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Barred |
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Spiral |
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Irregular |
Question 3
Which color has the longest wavelength
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Clue |
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Green |
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Yellow |
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Red |
Question 4
"What is the major fuel the sun ""burns"""
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Helium |
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Carbon |
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Oxygen |
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Hydrogen |
Question 5
Pluto was demoted frojm a planet to a
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Comet |
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Asteroid |
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Dwarf Planet |
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Moon |
Question 6
Which type of star will stay on the main sequence for the longest time
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low mass stars |
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medium mass (sun-like) stars |
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Hig mass stars |
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Protostars |
Question 7
The largets storm in our solar system is
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The great red spot on Jupiter |
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The dust storms on Mars |
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The polar winds on Venus |
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The rings of Saturn |
Question 8
An emission nebula would have a _______ color
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Red |
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Blue |
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Yellow |
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Black |
Question 9
Which type of telescope uses a mirror
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Refracting |
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reflecting |
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Radio |
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Neutrino |
Question 10
Sunlight originates from
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The Chromosphere |
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The Photosphere |
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The Corona |
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The solar wind |
Question 11
Which of the following type of stars can be used to accurately measure distances
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Pulsating variables |
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Eruptive variables |
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Cepheid variables |
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Pulsars |
Question 12
A star 25 times more massive than our Sun would produce a _______ when it went nova
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Neutron star |
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Black hole |
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White dwarf |
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Pulsar |
Question 13
Sunlight is an example of
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A continuous spectrum |
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An absorbtion spectrum |
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An emission spectrum |
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A doppler spectrum |
Question 14
Distant galaxies are receeding from the Earth. This is called
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Einstein's law |
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Galileo's law |
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Newton' law |
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Hubble's law |
Question 15
The dark areas called sunspots are
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Magnetic storms |
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Areas with no Helium |
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Where asteroids hit the Sun |
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Wet areas |
Question 16
A piece of extraterrestial material that reaches the surface of the Earth is called a
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Meteor |
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Meteorite |
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Comet |
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Tunguska object |
Question 17
Where does a star on the H-R diagram spend most of its life
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The main sequence |
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A variable star |
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As a nova |
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As a type A star |
Question 18
Our Sun will eventually go nova and produce a
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Neutron star |
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Black hole |
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White dwarf |
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Pulsar |
Question 19
The asteroid belt lies between
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Mercury and Venus |
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Earthand Mars |
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Mars and Jupiter |
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Jupiter and Saturn |
Question 20
Comets are like
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Asteroids |
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Meteors |
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"""dirty snowballs""" |
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The solar wind |
Question 21
The Chromosphere is red because of emission from
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Cromium |
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Sodium |
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Nitrogen |
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Hydrogen and Helium |
Question 22
Which type of telescope suffers from chromatic abberation
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Refracting |
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reflecting |
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Radio |
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X-ray |
Question 23
Long period comets originate
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In the Kuiper Belt |
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From Saturn's rings |
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From the Oort Cloud |
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From nearby stars |
Question 24
Maria on the Moon are
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Mountains |
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Giant basalt filled impact craters |
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Dust layers |
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Comet debris |
Question 25
Venus is extremely similar to Earth except that it has
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No water |
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Much colder termperatures |
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A thinner atmosphere |
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No mountains |
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