Unit 1 Test Review- The Universe Around Us

What type of telescope uses lenses to focus light?

• the Hubble telescope

• the Keck telescope

• a reflecting telescope

• a refracting telescope

What is the name of the galaxy to which our Sun belongs?

• the Andromeda Galaxy

• the Crab Nebula

• the Milky Way Galaxy

• the Oort Cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What did Edwin Hubble's discovery of red shift demonstrate?

• that the galaxies are moving apart

• that the galaxies are moving closer together

• that some parts of the universe are expanding while others are contracting

• that the universe had no beginning in time

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What does the Big Bang Theory principally explain?

• the creation of Earth from the Sun

• the end of the universe

• the origin of the universe

• the ultimate death of the Sun

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What is the term for a dense region where the gravity is so strong that not even light can escape?

• black hole

• galaxy

• quasar

• white dwarf

What are quasars thought to be?

• the centers of distant galaxies

• collapsed stars

• collections of comets

• stars with planets

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

After all its hydrogen has been used up, what will our Sun become?

• a black hole

• a pulsar

• a red giant

• a white dwarf

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the collapse of a large, heavy star?

• neutron star

• pulsar

• supernova

• white dwarf

What is the process that creates energy in the stars?

• the fission of helium into hydrogen

• the fission of hydrogen into helium

• the fusion of helium into hydrogen

• the fusion of hydrogen into helium

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Which of the following planets can be seen just before dawn and just after sunset?

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury

• Jupiter