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Quarterly Reveiw 1

Test Description: A review of astronomy concepts for the first quarter

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) The true shape of the earth is

Aan elongated ellipse Ban oblate spheroid Ca circle Dan oval

2) One of the foci in Saturn's orbit is

Aits moon Bearth Cmars Dour sun

3) Our sun will eventualy become

Aa white dwarf Ba black hole Ca supergiant Da neutron star

4) A star is born from a massive cloud of dust called a

Asuper nova Bblack hole Cblack dwarf Dnebula

5) Which statement explains the motion of stars around polaris

Athe earth revolves around the sun Bthe earth rotates on its axis Cthe earth\'s orbit is an ellipse Dthe earth\'s shape is an oblate spheroid

6) Our universe is

Ashrinking and expanding Bshrinking Cremaining the same size Dexpanding only

7) A galaxy moving away from us would show

Ano change ib its spectrum Ba blue shift in its spectrum Ca red and blue shift in its spectrum Da red shift in its spectrum

8) Name a star with a temperature of 9000C and luminosity of 10

ABetelgeuse Bsirrius CBanard's star Dpolaris

9) The best evidence that the earth rotates is

Aby the shifts in the swing of the foucault pendulum Bchanges in the moon phases Cvariations of atmospheric temperature Dchanges in the sunspots

10) Which statement is true?

Aradio waves have a shorter wavelength than ultraviolet Bgamma rays have the longest wavelength on the ems chart Cred light has a shorter wavelength than green light Dradio waves have a longer wavelength than infrared

*select an answer for all questions

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