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