Final Review ~ Astronomy
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- Q1Which characteristics are true of both planets and asteroids?They formed 1 to 2 billion years ago.They are present in the solar system.They are approximately spherical in shape.There are thousands of examples.30s
- Q2Which of these lists of cosmic features is in the correct order of size, beginning with the largest?Galaxy, universe, star, planetUniverse, planet, star, galaxyStar, galaxy, universe, planetUniverse, galaxy, star, planet30s
- Q3Which is an example of a constellation?SiriusOrionVegaBetelgeuse30s
- Q4Hazards associated with an NEO include all except:Thermal radiationEarthquakesTsunamiVolcanoes30s
- Q5Which is NOT an example of circumpolar constellations for the Northern Hemisphere?Ursa MinorUrsa MajorCassiopeiaOrion30s
- Q6All are examples of an NEO except:MeteoroidCometAsteroidMoon30s
- Q7The speed of light is..300,000 m/sec9.5 trillion km/sec9.5 trillion m/sec300,000 km/sec30s
- Q8The distance that light travels in one year is5.9 x 10^12c. 2.5 x 10^139.5 x 10^129.6 x 10^1130s
- Q9What happens to spectral lines from a star when the distance between the star and Earth is increasing?They become a bright-line spectrum.They are unchanged.They shift toward the blue end.They shift toward the red end of the visible spectrum.30s
- Q10A group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity is a ___________.universegalaxyLocal Groupconstellation30s
- Q11The positions of the constellations appear to change throughout the year because__________.Earth rotates on its axisEarth revolves around the sunThe sun revolves around the galaxyThe constellations revolve around the Earth30s
- Q12About 90 percent of the stars in space are _________ stars.NebulaGiantMain SequenceWhite Dwarf30s
- Q13Which stage follows the stable state for most stars?ProtostarNovaGiantDwarf30s
- Q14A planet at aphelion isat the point in its orbit nearest the sunexperiencing the greatest gravitational pull of the sunfarthest away from the focus of its orbitmoving along its orbit more rapidly30s
- Q15When small pieces of rock moving through space enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up, they are called _____.asteroidsstarsmeteorsmeteorites30s