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Mr. Stenstrom Astronomy
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A quiz covering chapters 1-3 of the Mr. Stenstrom Astronomy textbook.
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1
Newton said gravity is ________ you down.
Pulling
Dragging
Pushing
Grabbing
2
Newton's thought experiment involved what?
An apple being thrown from the highest peak
Shooting an arrow on top of the highest peak
A cannon on top of the highest peak
A bomb blowing up at the core
3
Newton titled his book, in which he talks about motion and gravity, what?
Mathematica Principia
Calculitica Principia
Gravitational Principia
Physica Principia
4
What is the third law of motion?
For every force, there is an equal and opposite force
The change of an object's motion is proportional to how much is applied
For every force, energy is destroyed
For every force, new matter is formed
5
What shape did Newton say the orbit of the planets is?
A square
A triangle
A circle
An ellipse
6
How does a star Supernova?
When it sinks
When it falls
When it dies
When it collapses
7
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has how many natural satellites?
77
4
79
78
8
According to the inverse square law, if the distance between two objects is doubled the gravitational force would change
2 times
3 times
4 times
Stay the same
9
Haumea and Makemake orbit within what?
The Asteroid Belt
Mercury's Gravity
The Sun's gravity
Kuiper Belt
10
Mars is considered most like _____ in terms of potential for life and composition
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
Titan
11
What came before the Big Bang?
The Eternity
The Singularity
The Unity
The Infinity
12
A satellite is what?
The ISS
A moon
An asteroid
Something that orbits a planet
13
False; True: Red shifting is when objects are closer, Blue shifting is when they are farther
False
True
14
Einstein's fourth dimension was what?
Kronos
Time
Dark Matter
Space
15
The Catholic Church forced Galileo to renounce what?
His theory
All of the above
His book
His past beliefs
16
What doesn't have a gravitational field?
Planets
Light
Cells
People
17
A developing star is called what?
Protstar
Earlystar
Protostar
Prestar
18
What planet has the shortest day?
Saturn
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
19
Scientists think comets come from the?
Kuiper Belt
Astroid Belt
Oooort Cloud
Oort Cloud
20
Early uses of Astronomy did not include what?
Passage of time
Storytelling
Predicting the weather
Navigation
21
True or False: Asteroids are leftover matter from when the planets formed
False
True
22
The Hubble Telescope was place where?
Mt. Everest
Texas
Space
Hawaii
23
Uranus has a what degree orbit?
70
90
45
80
24
Neptune is the smallest of the?
Solar System Planets
Storm Planets
Larger Planets
Gas Giants
25
Asteroid Belt is between what planets?
Mars and Cerus
Mars and Jupiter
Jupiter and Saturn
Neptune and Uranus
26
The Northern Light occur when what happens?
When charged particles interact with the Earth's poles
When solar flares interact with the magneto sphere
An eruption of charged particles comes from the sun
All of the above
27
Where did Galileo's evidence for the Copernican Theory come from?
Glasses
A dream
His telescope
Binoculars
28
After a Super Nova, a Neutron Star and what are left over?
Dark Hole
Dark Matter
Anti-Matter
Black Hole
29
Gravitational pull is determined by what?
Distance
Mass of the 1st object
All of the above
Mass of the 2nd object
30
What is inertia?
An object in motion
An object's resitance to change
An object affected by gravity
An object at rest
31
The force that an object provides to keep gravity from pulling us down is known as what?
The True Force
The Normal Force
The Prime Force
The Equalizer Force
32
When an object in space passes over another blocking light from getting to it.
Shadow
Armageddon
Eclipse
Black Light
33
Newton's 1st Law of Motion is most commonly associated with what other physics principle?
Acceleration
Terminal Velocity
Inertia
None of the Above
34
Einstein said gravity is actually space ___________ you down.
Pushing
Grabbing
Dragging
Pulling
35
The part of the Electromagnetic spectrum we can see is called what?
Invisible Light
Seeable Light
Viewable Light
Visible Light
36
Newton came up with what mathematical field?
Alegebra
Geometry
Trigonemtry
Calculus
37
Any object that passes through the Earth's atmosphere with enough mass/energy that leaves a streak of light in the sky
Meteror
Solar Wind
Asteroid
The Moon
38
What is 9,460,730,472,580 km or 5,878,635,000 miles
Light Minute
Size of a Galaxy
Lightyear
Lightsecond
39
How old is the Sun?
5.6 Billion years old
4.6 billion years old
6.6 billion years old
3.6 billion years old
40
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system
True
False
41
Earth is the only planet know to have life
False
True
42
Large cluster of stars
Star Soup
Galaxy
Solar System
43
What does our Sun become after it begins to slow down its nuclear fusion?
Yellow Giant
Brown Dwarf
Red Giant
White Dwarf
44
Uses of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Scientists use different types of it to study objects in space
They can look at this energy to determine the types of atoms stars fuse
They can determine the types of atoms in an atmosphere
All of the above
45
When Dwarf Planet's lose their class as Planets?
2010
2000
2006
1996
46
Who had the first idea (not necessarily scientific theory) that Earth orbits the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Issac Newton
Einstein
Galileo
47
"The change in an object's motion is proportional and in the direction the force is applied." What law is that?
Law of Gravity
Newton's First Law
Newton's Second Law
Newton's Third Law
48
Mercury is the least dense planet in our solary system
False
True
49
Newton had how many laws of motion?
1
3
4
2
50
What is Eris's moon?
Ceres
Dysomina
Hiaka
The Moon
51
What is the formula to determine force?
A=MF
F=M/A
F=MV
F=MA
52
Eintein's new theory on gravity was known as the?
Overall Theory of Relativity
The True Theory of Relativity
The Theory of Relativity, Updated and Expanded
General Theory of Relativity
