Question 1

What is a group of planets that circle one or more stars called?

Accepted Answer

Solar System

Answer

Milky Way

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Barycenter

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Galaxy

Question 2

What is a galaxy?

Accepted Answer

a collection of stars, dust, and planets held together by gravity

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the center of mass between two or more bodies that orbit each other

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a group of planets that circle one or more stars

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a cloud of gas and dust

Question 3

What is the Milky Way?

Accepted Answer

the galaxy that contains the Sun and all of the stars visible from Earth

Answer

a cloud of gas and dust

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a small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old low mass star

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a group of planets that circle one or more stars

Question 4

What is the spinning of Earth on its axis called?

Accepted Answer

Rotation

Answer

Radiation

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Revolution

Answer

Red Giant

Question 5

What is the movement of Earth around the Sun called?

Accepted Answer

Revolution

Answer

Red Giant

Answer

Radiation

Answer

Rotation

Question 6

Which is true about a solstice?

Accepted Answer

the Sun is either farthest north or south of the equator

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the Sun crosses the equator

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the Sun is closest to the equator

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day and night are equally long

Question 7

What is the time of the year when day and night are equally long called?

Accepted Answer

Equinox

Answer

Solar Eclipse

Answer

Lunar Eclipse

Answer

Solstice

Question 8

What is the center of mass between two or more bodies that orbit each other called?

Accepted Answer

Barycenter

Answer

Rotation

Answer

Electromagnetic Wave

Answer

Revolution

Question 9

Which is true about a lunar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

the Earth is directly between the Sun and the moon

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the sunlight to Earth is blocked

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it occurs at a new moon

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the moon is directly between the Sun and Earth

Question 10

Which occurs when the moon is directly between the Sun and Earth?

Accepted Answer

Solar Eclipse

Answer

Lunar Eclipse

Answer

Nuclear Fusion

Answer

Nuclear Fission

Question 11

What is the transfer of energy from the Sun to the Earth as electromagnetic waves called?

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Answer

Revolution

Answer

Nuclear Fission

Answer

Rotation

Question 12

What is an electromagnetic wave?

Accepted Answer

a wave produced from an energy transfer of electrical charges

Answer

the process of atoms combining

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the transfer of energy from the Sun to the Earth

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the process of atoms splitting apart

Question 13

Which process combines atoms to generate energy?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear Fusion

Answer

Rotation

Answer

Nuclear Fission

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Radiation

Question 14

Which process splits atoms apart?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear Fission

Answer

Radiation

Answer

Revolution

Answer

Nuclear Fusion

Question 15

What is a nebula?

Accepted Answer

a cloud of gas and dust

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a group of planets

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a collection of stars and planets

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a small, hot, dim star

Question 16

What is a contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star called?

Accepted Answer

Protostar

Answer

Neutron Star

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White Dwarf

Answer

Nebula

Question 17

What is a red giant?

Accepted Answer

a large, reddish star that has become cooler as it dies

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a small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old low mass star

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the small, dense remains of a massive star

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a cloud of gas and dust

Question 18

What is a white dwarf?

Accepted Answer

a small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old low mass star

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a contracting cloud of gas and dust

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a large, reddish star

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the small, dense remains of a massive star

Question 19

Which is the result of a supernova?

Accepted Answer

Neutron Star

Answer

White Dwarf

Answer

Red Giant

Answer

Nebula

Question 20

What is a neutron star?

Accepted Answer

the small, dense remains of a massive star after a supernova

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a large, reddish star that has become cooler as it dies

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the remains of a massive star whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape

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a small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old low mass star

Question 21

What are the remains of a massive star whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape called?

Accepted Answer

Black Hole

Answer

White Dwarf

Answer

Red Giant

Answer

Neutron Star

Question 22

Which event occurs on December 21st?

Accepted Answer

Solstice

Answer

Equinox

Answer

Solar Eclipse

Answer

Lunar Eclipse

Question 23

Which event occurs on March 21st?

Accepted Answer

Equinox

Answer

Solstice

Answer

Solar Eclipse

Answer

Lunar Eclipse

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