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Test Description: Astronomy terms
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1) What is an elliptical galaxy?
A
A formation that has a long bar in the middle with spirals coming off the ends
B
A mass of starts that has a number of long arms that are spiraling around the center
C
A mass of stars clumped together in the shape of a spherical/circular disc.
D
A formation of two types of galaxies crashing into each other
2) The galaxy that we live in is called the
A
Andromeda
B
Black eye
C
Bode's
D
Milky Way
3) A large cloud of gas and dust in space that is the first stage of star formation is a
A
Colloid
B
Nebula
C
Meteoroid
D
Asteroid
4) A comet is a
A
Small; eccentrically orbiting body made of rock and ice which have one or more tails that point away from the Sun.
B
Piece of interplanetary material that falls toward Earth and enters its atmosphere.
C
Large cloud of gas and dust in space that is the first stage of star formation.
D
Debris-formed rocky bodies
5) A spin around on an axis (a point) is a
A
Revolution
B
Rotation
C
Tilt
D
Lunar Movement
6) During this moon phase, over half of the moon's illuminated side is seen from Earth
A
Waxing Crescent
B
Waxing Gibbous
C
Waning Gibbous
D
Waning Crescent
7) Asteroids are
A
Natural objects that orbit a planet
B
Pieces of interplanetary material that falls toward Earth and enters its atmosphere.
C
Debris formed rocky bodies
D
Small; eccentrically orbiting body made of rock and ice which have one or more tails that point away from the Sun.
8) A straight line that divides a shape evenly into two parts is a
A
Tilt
B
Nebula
C
Neap tide
D
Axis
9) A chunk of rock or dust that has hit the Earth's surface is a
A
Meteor
B
Meteoroid
C
Meteorite
D
Asteroid
10) The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
A
Red Shift
B
Rotation
C
Orbit
D
Revolution
11) The universe is
A
The solar system and it's stars
B
The galaxy that contains the solar system in which we live
C
All of space and everything in it
D
A group of stars, dust and gases held together by gravity.
12) ________ tides with the smallest daily tidal range and occur during the first and third quarters of the moon
A
Low Tides
B
Night Tides
C
Spring Tides
D
Neap Tides
13) A galaxy that does not have a clearly defined shape and structure is
A
Scatter
B
Spiral
C
Elliptical
D
Irregular
14) The star that is located in a spiral arm in the Milky way, and is orbited by all of the planets
A
Mars
B
North Star
C
Earth
D
Sun
15) A mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space is a
A
Meteorite
B
Meteoroid
C
Meteor
D
Asteroid
16) A Light Year is
A
A scale that measures different wavelengths of light on planets
B
The astronomical distance unit equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year
C
A unit equivalent to the amount of light that is given off by the sun in one year
D
The amount of light a planet absorbs in one year
17) The wavelength of the light is stretched, so the light is seen as 'shifted' towards the red part of the spectrum
A
Red light
B
Red wave
C
Red shift
D
Red length
18) A piece of rock or metal that burns and glows brightly in the sky as it falls from outer space into the Earth's atmosphere is a
A
Meteorite
B
Meteor
C
Asteroid
D
Meteoroid
19) A period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time is a
A
Day
B
Year
C
Leap day
D
Hour
20) The time taken by the Earth to make one revolution around the Sun is a
A
Year
B
Day
C
Month
D
Leap year
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