Quiz about Mrs. Guedry Final Exam

Question 1

The Milky Way belongs to the galaxy cluster called the

Accepted Answer

Local Group

Answer

Orion Spur

Answer

Virgo Supercluster

Answer

Andromeda Group

Question 2

Where are the oldest stars in the galaxy located?

Accepted Answer

halo and central bulge

Answer

Galactic bulge

Answer

Galactic disk

Answer

Galactic core

Question 3

Galaxies that are extremely bright are called

Accepted Answer

radio galaxies

Answer

Black Holes

Answer

Supernovas

Answer

Asteroids

Question 4

What was the first galaxy to be discovered outside of the Milky Way Galaxy?

Accepted Answer

Andromeda Galaxy

Answer

papyrus galazy

Answer

Orion Galaxy

Answer

Centaurus A Galaxy

Question 5

The study of cosmology is concerned with

Accepted Answer

evolution of the universe,origin of the universe, the nature of the universe

Answer

Study of plant biology

Answer

Study of ancient civilizations

Answer

Study of marine life

Question 6

List the celestial features correctly in order of increasing size

Accepted Answer

planets-solar system-galaxy-universe

Answer

moon, asteroid, star, planet, galaxy

Answer

planet, moon, asteroid, star, galaxy

Answer

star, planet, moon, asteroid, galaxy

Question 7

Galaxies are organized into large groups called

Accepted Answer

superclusters

Answer

solar systems

Answer

asteroids

Answer

constellations

Question 8

The Sun is a __ star

Accepted Answer

G-type/Population 1

Answer

M-type

Answer

O-type

Answer

B-type

Question 9

What is located at the center of the Milky Way?

Accepted Answer

A supermassive black hole

Answer

Black hole

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Sagittarius b

Question 10

What is the overall shape of the Milky Way?

Accepted Answer

Spiral/disk galaxy

Answer

Rectangular galaxy

Answer

Circular galaxy

Answer

Hexagonal galaxy

Question 11

Where are the youngest stars in the galaxy located?

Accepted Answer

Spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy

Answer

Center of the galaxy

Answer

Outer rim of the galaxy

Answer

Near black holes

Question 12

The __ model proposes that the universe will never stop expanding

Accepted Answer

open universe

Answer

Steady State

Answer

Black Hole

Answer

Solar System

Question 13

The __ model says the universe will stop expanding and begin to contract

Accepted Answer

closed universe

Answer

Big Bang

Answer

Big Crunch Theory

Answer

Big Squeeze

Question 14

Galaxies that are not flattened into disks and do not have spiral arms are called

Accepted Answer

Elliptical galaxies

Answer

Spiral galaxies

Answer

Irregular galaxies

Answer

Barred spiral galaxies

Question 15

Evidence suggests that the universe contains a great amount of

Accepted Answer

dark matter

Answer

space and time

Answer

cosmic radiation and black holes

Answer

energy

Question 16

What are the oldest known objects in the Milky Way?

Accepted Answer

Globular clusters

Answer

Supernovae

Answer

Nebulae

Answer

Black holes

Question 17

From Earth, stars appear to shift in position, which is called

Accepted Answer

stellar parallax

Answer

celestial wobble

Answer

galactic drift

Answer

cosmic oscillation

Question 18

What are two stars that orbit a common center of mass called

Accepted Answer

Binary stars

Answer

Twin stars

Answer

Pair stars

Answer

Duo stars

Question 19

The difference of two stars' spectra is due to the difference of their

Accepted Answer

chemical composition and temperature

Answer

rotation speed and magnetic field strength

Answer

distance from Earth and age

Answer

stellar mass and luminosity

Question 20

Constellations that can be seen all year long from a certain location are

Accepted Answer

Circumpolar constellations

Answer

Zodiac constellations

Answer

Equatorial constellations

Answer

Seasonal constellations

Question 21

Mass, luminosity, temperature, and diameter of stars can be demonstrated on a

Accepted Answer

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

Answer

Galileo thermometer

Answer

Newton's cradle

Answer

Foucault pendulum

Question 22

Energy output from the surface of a star is called

Accepted Answer

luminosity

Answer

convection

Answer

emission

Answer

illumination

Question 23

What will happen to Earth when the sun becomes a red giant?

Accepted Answer

Earth will get too hot to support life

Answer

Earth will be pushed away from the sun.

Answer

Earth will turn into a gas giant.

Answer

Earth will remain unaffected.

Question 24

A cloud of interstellar gas and dust that collapses on itself to form a new star is called a

Accepted Answer

Nebula

Answer

Supernova

Answer

Black hole

Answer

protostar

Question 25

Gas flows outward from the corona and forms the

Accepted Answer

solar wind

Answer

cosmic draft

Answer

stellar gust

Answer

lunar breeze

Question 26

Groups of stars named after mythological characters, animals, or everyday objects are called

Accepted Answer

Constellations

Answer

Nebulae

Answer

Planets

Answer

Galaxies

Question 27

The sun contains __ percent of all the mass in our solar system.

Accepted Answer

99

Answer

100

Answer

50

Answer

89

Question 28

The section of the H-R Diagram into which about 90 percent of stars fall is called _

Accepted Answer

main sequence

Answer

red giant

Answer

white dwarf

Answer

supergiant

Question 29

A small, massive, dense object that has a gravity so immense that nothing-not even light-can escape it is called

Accepted Answer

black hole

Answer

dark star

Answer

void sphere

Answer

abyss orb

Question 30

Our solar system formed about 5 billion years ago when

Accepted Answer

a dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust collapsed

Answer

nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms

Answer

collision of two neutron stars

Answer

supernova explosion

Question 31

The planet Mars has seasons similar to those on Earth. The most likely reason for this is

Accepted Answer

because its tilted axis the same way as earth

Answer

Mars has a thicker atmosphere

Answer

Mars is closer to the sun

Answer

Mars has more water

Question 32

A small, icy body made of ice and rock that has a highly eccentric orbit around the sun is called

Accepted Answer

comet

Answer

moon

Answer

planet

Answer

asteroid

Question 33

Name a common trait of the inner planets.

Accepted Answer

all have solid outer layer

Answer

Icy composition

Answer

Liquid surface

Answer

Gas giants

Question 34

The outer planets are mainly composed of which two gases?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen and Helium

Answer

Oxygen and Nitrogen

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Methane

Answer

Argon and Neon

Question 35

Scientists believe that all of the outer planets have

Accepted Answer

small solid cores

Answer

moons

Answer

volcanoes

Answer

deserts

Question 36

List the order of the inner planets outward from the sun.

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Answer

Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus

Answer

Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

Answer

Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars

Question 37

List the order of the outer planets outward from the sun.

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Answer

Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

Answer

Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

Answer

Pluto, Mars, Earth, Venus

Question 38

A lunar eclipse can only occur during which phase of the moon?

Accepted Answer

Full moon

Answer

First quarter

Answer

Waxing crescent

Answer

New moon

Question 39

Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is

Accepted Answer

Tilted towards the Sun

Answer

Equally distant from the Sun

Answer

Directly facing the Sun

Answer

Tilted away from the Sun

Question 40

__occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth and throws a shadow on Earth.

Accepted Answer

Solar eclipse

Answer

Solar flare

Answer

Lunar eclipse

Answer

Aurora borealis

Question 41

What causes the seasons? _What causes the seasons? _

Accepted Answer

earth's orbit around the sun in combination with the tilt of Earth's axis

Answer

The rotation speed of the Earth

Answer

The distance from the Earth to the Sun

Answer

The number of clouds in the sky

Question 42

Why do solar eclipses happen only during a new moon?

Accepted Answer

The moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the Sun's light from reaching Earth.

Answer

Solar eclipses occur during a full moon when the moon is directly opposite the Sun.

Answer

The Earth is positioned between the Moon and the Sun, blocking the Moon's light from reaching Earth.

Answer

Solar eclipses happen randomly and are not related to the moon's phase.

Question 43

A __ occurs when Earth passes between the sun and the moon

Accepted Answer

lunar eclipse

Answer

moon shadow

Answer

lunar phase

Answer

solar eclipse

Question 44

What is the difference between a refracting and reflecting telescope?

Accepted Answer

Refracting makes them visible light to focus, reflecting uses mirrors

Answer

Reflecting telescopes use lenses while refracting telescopes use mirrors

Answer

Refracting telescopes are smaller than reflecting telescopes

Answer

Reflecting telescopes are more expensive than refracting telescopes

Question 45

What is the distance between the Sun and Earth called?

Accepted Answer

Astronomical Unit

Answer

Solar Distance

Answer

Galactic Mile

Answer

Light Year

Question 46

The __ states that between 15 and 20 billion years ago the universe began expanding out of an enormous explosion

Accepted Answer

Big Bang theory

Answer

Giant Explosion theory

Answer

Cosmic Blast theory

Answer

Huge Burst theory

Question 47

The loose, ground-up rock on the surface of the Moon is called

Accepted Answer

regolith

Answer

meteoroid

Answer

asteroid

Answer

comet

Question 48

Earth's moon is _ in size and has an orbit _ it's planet relative to other moons in the solar system

Accepted Answer

large, closer to

Answer

small, unstable

Answer

medium, unpredictable

Answer

tiny, chaotic

Question 49

Why is Venus the hottest planet even though it is not the closest to the sun?

Accepted Answer

Venus has a thick atmosphere/green house effect

Answer

Venus has a weaker greenhouse effect compared to other planets.

Answer

Venus has a lower albedo than other planets.

Answer

Venus is closer to the sun than Earth.

Question 50

How many stars are in our solar system

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

5

Answer

10

Question 51

Where are most asteroid located

Accepted Answer

Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

Answer

Asteroid belt between Mercury and Venus

Answer

Asteroid belt between Saturn and Uranus

Answer

Asteroid belt between Earth and Venus

Question 52

What keeps the International Space Station in orbit

Accepted Answer

gravity

Answer

Lunar gravity

Answer

Solar wind

Answer

Magnetic force

Question 53

The sun produces energy by forming_in its core

Accepted Answer

helium

Answer

nuclear fission

Answer

photosynthesis

Answer

nuclear fussion

Question 54

What was the first mission to space

Accepted Answer

Apollo 11

Answer

Sputnik 1

Answer

Vostok 1

Answer

Mercury-Redstone 3

Question 55

What is fusion and why is it important to the sun

Accepted Answer

Combining of lightweight nuclei into heavier nuclei. Powers the sun

Answer

Fusion is a type of fission reaction in the sun

Answer

Fusion is only important to the sun during solar eclipses

Answer

Fusion is a process that cools down the sun

Question 56

What is "Maria"

Accepted Answer

Smooth, dark plains on the Moon

Answer

Book

Answer

Tree

Answer

Car

Question 57

What two countries were in a space race and who won?

Accepted Answer

Russia and US/Russia

Answer

France and Japan, France won

Answer

Russia and Germany, Russia won

Answer

United States and China, China won

Question 58

A group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity is a

Accepted Answer

galaxy

Answer

moon

Answer

asteroid

Answer

planet

Question 59

What is caused by Earth's rotation?

Accepted Answer

day and night

Answer

Global warming

Answer

Tides

Answer

Lunar eclipse

Question 60

Who was the first American in space? And what was that mission called?

Accepted Answer

Yuri Gagarin/Mercury

Answer

John Glenn, Apollo 11

Answer

Neil Armstrong, Friendship 7

Answer

Buzz Aldrin, Mercury 7

Question 61

What is the order of the planets in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

Answer

Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

Question 62

The coolest stars in the sky are _ in color

Accepted Answer

red

Answer

blue

Answer

yellow

Answer

green

Question 63

Hail forms in part because of the presence of

Accepted Answer

supercooled water droplets

Answer

low pressure systems

Answer

warm and dry air masses

Answer

strong downdrafts in thunderstorms

Question 64

What planets have rings?

Accepted Answer

Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Mars

Answer

Venus

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Science