Astronomy Vocabulary Quiz

What is a nebula?

• A group of billions of stars

• A huge cloud of dust and gases in space that may condense to form a star

• The most accepted theory for the origin of the universe

• The eight planets, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets, and other objects that orbit the Sun

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What does the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram show?

• The relationship between a star's color, brightness, and temperature

• The stages or changes that a star goes through over its lifetime

• The process by which one atom combines with another to become one atom of a heavier element

• The distance that light can travel in a year

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Which theory explains the origin of the universe?

• Stellar evolution

• Big Bang theory

• Solar system theory

• Black hole theory

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What is a galaxy?

• A group of billions of stars

• A huge cloud of dust and gases in space that may condense to form a star

• The most accepted theory for the origin of the universe

• The eight planets, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets, and other objects that orbit the Sun

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What is the name of the galaxy in which our solar system is located?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Orion

• Pleiades

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What is a star?

• A group of billions of stars

• A huge cloud of dust and gases in space that may condense to form a star

• An object in space that produces energy, including light, through fusion

• The eight planets, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets, and other objects that orbit the Sun

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What is fusion?

• The relationship between a star's color, brightness, and temperature

• The stages or changes that a star goes through over its lifetime

• The process by which one atom combines with another to become one atom of a heavier element

• The distance that light can travel in a year

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What does the term 'solar' refer to?

• Stellar

• Interstellar gas

• Our star, the Sun

• The true brightness of a star

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What is the name of our star?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Orion

• Sun

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What does the term 'universe' refer to?

• A group of billions of stars

• A huge cloud of dust and gases in space that may condense to form a star

• All matter presently known to man

• The eight planets, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets, and other objects that orbit the Sun

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