ASTRONOMY TEST

Which of the following was an accomplishment of Aristarchus of Samos?

• Created the classifications of Galaxies

• Created the first model of the Solar System with the sun in the Middle

• Discovered Pluto

• Created calculations to help Future astronomers understand the position of stars

Which of the 3 are NOT one of Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion

• the further from the sun a planet is the longer its orbit will take.

• a line joining the Sun and a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times.

• every planet's orbit is an ellipse with the Sun at a focus.

• All planets must orbit the same direction as the Sun's rotation.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following is not a type of Spectrum

• Bright Line (Emission)

• Continuous

• Dark Line

  (Absorption)

• Split Line

  (Refracted)

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Study of the Universe's Origin, Life, and End.

• Stellar Evolution

• Cosmology

• Astrology

• Astronomy

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What is A star that has used up all the hydrogen and is now using helium as a fuel. It creates heavy elements and has a mass much greater than the Sun. Extremely high luminosity with a very low temperature

• White Dwarf

• Red Super Giant

• Blue Giant

• Red Giant

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

what is the last stage of a LOW mass star

• Black Hole

• Neutron Star

• Super Nova

• White Dwarf

What is Luminosity

• How Bright an Object is compared to the Sun

• How bright an object is from Earth

• A stars ability to create the full Visible Light Spectrum

• A stars surface temperature

Which of the following is True

• As Wavelength Increases so does Amplitude

• As Wavelength increases frequency will increase as well

• As Wavelength increases the smaller the wave Trough

• As Wavelength increases the smaller the frequency gets

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Where are we most likely to see Gamma Rays

• Super Nova Explosions

• White Dwarf Stars

• Other Planets within the Universe

• Where Dark Matter Exists

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

By looking out into our Universe we can tell that the Expansion of our Universe is....

• moving at a continuous speed

• moving slower and slower

• Speeding up

• Random and sending some galaxies back to the center of the Universe while others continue outwards.