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Who was the person that found the evidence to show that galaxies are moving away from us?
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstien
Carl Sagan
Edwin Hubble
2
The amount of the sunlit side we see is called a
full
waxing crescent
quarter
phase
3
Galileo noticed the planet ___________ had phases like our moon.
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Venus
4
The early Greeks believed in a _____________Solar System
Geocentric
Heliocentric
Lunarcentric
Mooncentric
5
What is parallax?
Apparent change in position
Moving stars
Earth's rotation
none of these
6
What was the name of the astronomer that discovered the universe is expanding?
Edwin Hapster
Albert Eistien
Edwin Hubble
Mr. Schafer
7
The life cycle of a star begins as cloud of dust called
dwarf
nebula
supernova
black hole
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Galileo created the first _________ to observe objects in space.
Telescope
Magnifying glass
Microscope
Camera
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Galileo noticed ______________ had moons.
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
10
If you were to go into a black hole, how would you get out?
use your spaceship and fly out
use a long rope
wait until it spit you out
You can't everything in and nothing out
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Movement of one object around another object is called
Axis
A year
Revolution
Rotation
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Hubble also observed that the farther away a galaxy was
the faster it is moving
the slower it is moving
it is not moving at all
it eventually stops
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The importance of Venus having phases is that it showed Venus was
Just like our moon
going around the sun
it wasn't important
going around Earth
14
The theory that states everything began from a single point explosion is
Big Crunch
Big Move
Big Bang
15
What is the hometown of Mr. Schafer
Ames
Charles City
Marshalltown
Las Vegas, thank ya very much!
16
A super massive star will swell into a
Super giant
Red Giant
black dwarf
white dwarf
17
The phase pictured below is a
full
crescent
waning
new
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Geocentric means
Jupiter centered
Sun centered
Earth Centered
Venus Centered
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The science that studies space and everything in it.
Geology
Ecology
Biology
Astronomy
20
The discovery of Jupiter having moons was important because it showed
Not everything went around Earth
Everything went around Earth
Everything went around Mr.Schafer
It was not significant.
21
The H-R Diagram compares
Temperature
Distance
Both Temperature and Brightness
Brightness
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Heliocentric means
Venus Centered
Sun centered
Self centered
Earth Centered
23
A white dwarf is the remains of
a high mass star
a low mass star
Black hole
an explosion
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The difference between Venus' phases and the moons' phases is that the full phase is
smaller
not there
brighter
larger
25
Copernicus was the first to call the Solar System
Geocentric
Heliocentric
Venuscentric
Mooncentric
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How many administrators do we have at MHS?
10
3
7
5
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Turning around a single point or axis is called
Rotation
Rigatoni
Axis
Revolution
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Hubble observed that as galaxies moved away from Earth, they?
Appeard Green
Appeared Blue
Appeared white
Appeared Red