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Quiz by Carissa McCarthy, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Carissa McCarthy
about 9 years ago
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Question 1
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What type of galaxy is the milky way?
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Barred Spiral
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Elliptical
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Spiral
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Irregular
Question 2
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What does colour, luminosity, and temperature tell you about a star? How are these factors related?
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It tells you the name of the star.
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What kind of star it is and its size
Question 3
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A meteor... [blank_start]burns up earths atmosphere[blank_end]
A meteorite is... [blank_start]reaches earths surface[blank_end]
A meteoroid is... [blank_start]a piece of rock floating through space[blank_end]
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burns up earths atmosphere
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reaches earths surface
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a piece of rock floating through space
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reaches earths surface
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a piece of rock floating through space
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burns up earths atmosphere
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a piece of rock floating through space
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reaches earths surface
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burns up earths atmosphere
Question 4
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What makes something a satellite?
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Something that orbits earth and relays information
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A thing for getting wifi
Question 5
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[blank_start]Artificial[blank_end] Satellite: Electronic; [blank_start]put in orbit by people[blank_end]
[blank_start]Natural[blank_end] Satellite: (moon) [blank_start]Made by God[blank_end]
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Artificial
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Natural
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Natural
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Artificial
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Made by God
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made by people
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put in orbit by people
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made by God
Question 6
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Label the beginning and end phases of the moon:
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New Moon
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Waxing cresent
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Waxing half moon
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Waxing gibbous
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Full moon
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Waning cresent
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Waning Half moon
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Waning gibbous
Question 7
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An equinox is the change in length of day(fall, spring)
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- True
- False
Question 8
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A solstice is the change in length of day (Winter, summer)
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- True
- False
Question 9
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The sun produces energy by burning hydrogen.
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- True
- False
Question 10
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Black holes are back bcuz light can escape them.
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- True
- False
Question 11
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How did people view space in the past?
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The believed it was a spiritual + physical thing
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they believed it was unending
Question 12
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Constellations are distinctive patterns in the night sky formed by group of stars
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- True
- False
Question 13
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Polaris is important for navigation
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- True
- False
Question 14
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The moon revolves at a different rate that it rotates.
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- True
- False
Question 15
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When the earth moves between the sun and the moon it is called a lunar eclipse.
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- True
- False
Question 16
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The life cycle of a high mass star: [blank_start]nebula[blank_end]---[blank_start]protstar[blank_end]---[blank_start]massive main sequence[blank_end]---[blank_start]supergiant[blank_end]---[blank_start]supernova-[blank_end]--[blank_start]black hole/neutron[blank_end]
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nebula
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protstar
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protstar
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supergiant
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massive main sequence
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main sequence
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supergiant
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supernova
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supernova
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protstar
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black hole/neutron
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supernova
Question 17
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What evidence supports the Big Bang Theory?
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Galaxies are moving away from each other and back round radiation
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pictures
Question 18
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Both the Doppler effect and red shift have change in wave length b/c of motion/distance
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- True
- False
Question 19
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Earth tilted towards the sun= summer, tilted away= winter
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- True
- False
Question 20
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The earth orbits in a perfect circle.
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- True
- False
Question 21
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Nicolas Copernicus...
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Copernican Revolution, sun at the centre of the universe. A version of Greshams law
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invented the wheel
Question 22
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Annie Jump Cannon...
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development of contemporary classification
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built a car
Question 23
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Earth Based Technology
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Telescopes (optical/non-optical)
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rovers
Question 24
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Space based Technology
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Satellites, probes and rovers
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telescopes
Question 25
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Satellites: [blank_start]Relay info[blank_end]
Probes:[blank_start]collect info[blank_end]
Rovers:[blank_start]test surface[blank_end]
Optical telescopes: [blank_start]closer look at space[blank_end]
Non-Optical telescopes: [blank_start]radio waves and xrays[blank_end]
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Relay info
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collect info
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test surface
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closer look at space
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radio waves and xrays
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