Space Quiz

A light year is a unit appropriate for measuring which of the following characteristics of celestial bodies?

• Size of galaxies

• Mass of stars

• Time of planetary orbits

• Temperature of nebula

  
  

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Based on the information in the chart below, Season Z is most likely-

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

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Looking at the diagram shown, when white dwarf stars are compared to giant stars, white dwarfs have ___.

1.      Higher luminosity/brightness

2.      Lower luminosity/brightness

3.      Cooler temperatures

4.      Higher temperatures

• 1 & 3 only

• 1 & 4 only

• 2 & 3 only

• 2 & 4 only

All observable objects outside our galaxy, when viewed from Earth, have their spectra shifted to slightly longer wavelengths.  This is sometimes called red-shift.  Astronomers have concluded that this is evidence that all objects in the universe are –

• Hotter than the sun.

• Moving away from each other.

• Older than our solar system.

• Absorbing radiation from the stars.

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Which statement correctly identifies the relationship between wavelength and energy?

• X-rays have smaller wavelengths and lower energy than ultraviolet waves.

• Visible light has longer wavelengths and higher energy than infrared waves.

• Radio waves have longer wavelengths and higher energy than gamma rays.

• Visible light has shorter wavelengths and higher energy than radio waves.

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What force is responsible for these orbiting motions?

• A.      Electricity

• B.      Friction

• C.      Gravity

• D.     Magnetism

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The most common element in a star, such as the Sun, is

• A.      Oxygen

• B.      Carbon

• C.      Hydrogen

• D.     Helium

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Proxima Centauri is a star that is 4.2 light years from Earth.  Based solely on this information, which of the following conclusions can be drawn?

• The diameter of this star is more than four times larger than the Sun.

• Light we see from the star took more than four years to reach Earth.

• This star takes a little more than four years to make one rotation.

• The gravity of this star would make an object weigh four times more than on Earth.

What do all galaxies have in common?

• They travel around the Sun

• They are the same Shape

• They are made of stars and nebulae

• They are the same distance from Earth

Which of these sequences the stars from least to greatest in absolute magnitude or luminosity?

• A.      Sirius B, Spica, Capella, Deneb

• B.      Capella, Deneb, Sirius B, Spica

• C.      Capella, Sirius B, Deneb, Spica

• D.     Sirius B, Capella, Spica, Deneb

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