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8T10 review - solar system and the universe
8T10 review - solar system and the universe
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Who was the first human to walk on the moon?
Michael Collins
Alan Shepheard
Neil Armstrong
John Kennedy
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What type of galaxy has a black hole at the center?
Irregular
Quasar
Spiral
Elliptical
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A huge loop of polarized plasma connecting on sun spot to another is called…
a coronal hole
a sun spot
a solar flare
a prominence
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a celestial body in orbit around a planet is called a…
asteroid
natural satellite
planet
meteoroid
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What is the name for the theory of how the universe was formed?
the Nebula Theory
Universal Expansion
the Big Bang Theory
the Hertzsprung-Russell Theory
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The time it takes for a planet to rotate once on its axis is called a…
year
week
day
month
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What is the largest human-made structure built in space used by scientist around the world and the year it was launched?
sputnik I 1957
Hubble Telescope 1990
International Space Station 1998
Skylab 1973
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What two gases make up the sun?
oxygen and hydrogen
helium and oxygen
helium and nitrogen
hydrogen and helium
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What was the name of the mission in which humans first walked on the moon and the year it occurred?
Gemini 6 - 1969
Apollo 11 - 1969
Gemini 6 - 1967
Apollo 11 - 1967
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What type of galaxy has pinwheel like arms?
Irregular
Spiral
Quasar
Elliptical
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What was the name of America's first space station and the year it was launched?
International Space Station 1973
Skylab 1998
Skylab 1973
International Space Station 1998
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What percent of stars are classified as main sequence stars?
50%
99%
75%
90%
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What type of galaxy has young, bring stars and lots of gas and dust?
Spiral
Quasar
Irregular
Elliptical
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A light-year is…
a time
a distance
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a dark area on the surface of the sun from cooler spots of plasma is called a…
solar flare
coronal hole
sun spot
prominence
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large amounts of magnetic energy is released when sun spot loops suddenly combine
prominence
coronal hole
solar flare
sun spot
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Which of the following traits does not define a planet?
it has a natural satellite
it has a clear path of orbit
it orbits the sun
its round
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Which of the following traits does not define an inner planet?
made mostly of gas and liquid
made mostly of rock and metal
closer to the sun
small
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which of the following traits does not define an outer planet?
made mostly of gas and liquid
small
large
farther from the sun
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What is the name of earth's first artificial satellite and the year it was launched?
sputnik I 1957
skylab 1957
skylab 1973
sputnik I 1973
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the time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun once is called a…
day
year
week
month
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Which of the following is not an outer planet?
Uranus
Jupiter
Pluto
Saturn
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What type of galaxy has only old stars and little gas or dust?
Irregular
Elliptical
Quasar
Spiral
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Less massive stars will…
Live Longer
Live shorter
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a non-spherical smaller object that does not necessarily orbit the sun made mostly of rock is…
a moon
an asteroid
a comet
a meteoroid
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What is the name of the galaxy nearest to ours?
Betelgeuse
Alpha Centari
Andromeda
Milky Way
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What is a large cloud of gas and dust with immense volume called?
Nebula
Pulsar
Supernova
Protostar
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Which of the following is not an inner planet?
venus
mars
mercury
neptune
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The hottest stars are…
white
Blue
Yellow
red
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A star's energy comes from this process
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Gas Expansion
Nuclear Fusion
Gravity
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What was the name of the first space observatory and the year it was launched?
International Space Station 1998
Hubble Telescope 1990
Sputnik I 1957
Skylab 1973
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What is it called when gravity starts contracting the cloud of gas and dust
Pulsar
Protostar
Quasar
Nebula
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The coldest stars are…
Yellow
Blue
red
white
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What is the universe constantly doing that gave scientists the clues as to how the universe formed?
warming
Contracting
cooling
expanding
