Geoscience-midterm-practice1

Where are stars formed?

• in nebulas

• in empty space

• inside black holes

• inside planets

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which color of star has the highest temperature?

• Red

• Yellow

• Orange

• Blue

Which of these stellar remnants has the highest density?

• White Dwarf

• Planetary Nebula

• Neutron Star

• Black Hole

A yellow star like our Sun will go to which region of this HR diagram after it dies?

• White Dwarfs

• Red Giants

• Main Sequence

• Blue Giants

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which element is NOT in the star Procyon?

• Lithium

• Sodium

• Neon

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What does redshift mean?

• light from a star appears more blue than it really is

• light of a star appears more red than it really is

• light of a star appears the same as it really is

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What does nuclear fusion mean?

• larger atoms being split into smaller atoms

• larger atoms being formed from smaller atoms

• one atom turning into another atom by radioactive decay

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Which type of electromagnetic radiation is labeled as (A)?

• Radio

• Microwave

• Infrared

• X-ray

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Which type of electromagnetic radiation is labeled as (C)?

• Radio

• Microwave

• Infrared

• X-ray

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If the wavelength of light becomes smaller, then the frequency becomes:

• lower

• stays the same

• higher

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1