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Astronomy Quiz 1
Astronomy Quiz 1
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#astronomy A science bowl level astronomy quiz with minimal math.
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1
The moon of Pluto is named after the boatman of Greek mythology who ferries the dead. Its named
Nox
Charon
Styx
Erebus
2
Identify the ripples in the overall geometry of space produced by the acceleration of objects.
gravitational lensing
gravitational waves
Doppler Effect
granulation
3
A line through the three stars in Orion's belt points toward which one of the following stars?
Rigel
Polaris
Sirius
Mizor
4
What is the HOTTEST region of the sun?
The chromosphere
The photosphere
The corona
The core
5
The Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram DIRECTLY compares what TWO of the following properties of stars?
Color and temperature
Temperature and luminosity
Luminosity and density
Size and temperature
6
The determination of stellar parallax is important because it allows the determination of:
Distance
Diameter
Mass
Velocity
7
What process produces a star's energy?
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear fission
Hydrogen and oxygen combustion
Neutron beta decay
8
The cosmic background radiation, a remnant of the Big Bang, is at what temperature?
100 K
2.7 K
4.5 K
0 K
9
The largest circular storm in our solar system is on which of the following planets?
Neptune
Jupiter
Earth
Venus
10
One of the largest volcanoes in our solar system is located on:
Titan
Ganymede
Callisto
Mars
11
What is Hubble's Law? v = velocity, H
0
= Hubble's Constant, d = distance, G = gravity
G/H0 = v
v = H0d
H0 = d/v
H0 = vG
12
Globular clusters in our galaxy are primarily found:
in the bulge at the center of our galaxy
distributed throughout the disk
in the halo of our galaxy
in the spiral arms
13
The Van Allen belts are:
caused by precession.
caused by the reflection of polar snow.
charged particles trapped in the Earth's magnetic field.
caused by the refraction of sunlight like rainbows.
14
What is the motion called when a planet seems to be moving westward in the sky?
direct
parallax
retrograde
westbound
15
Mercury and Venus are said to be inferior planets because:
their orbits are faster than the Earth's orbit
Earth is master race
their orbits are on the inside of Earth's orbit.
their orbits are slower than the Earth's orbit.
16
What is the most distant object in the sky that the human eye can see without optics?
The Horsehead Nebula
The Sagittarius Constellation
The Aurora Borealis
The Andromeda Galaxy
17
The Magellanic cloud is a:
nebula
galaxy
star cluster
super nova remnant
18
A device which would not work on the Moon is:
spring balance
thermometer
spectrometer
siphon
19
Name the planet that has the greatest number of known moons:
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
20
A blue shift means a Doppler shift of light from a(an):
approaching star
fixed star
receding star
blue star
