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Spring Final Review Pds. 7&8
Spring Final Review Pds. 7&8
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Solar System, Stars, Galaxy, & the Universe
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1
What season comes
AFTER
this?
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
2
What happens to the planet's orbits as you move AWAY from the Sun?
Take the same amount of time to orbit
Take less time to orbit
Take longer to orbit
Planets don't exist
3
What is a rotation?
A planet doing one spin on its axis
A year
Your work schedule
A planet moving around a Sun in an ellipse
4
Kilometers (KM) are used to measure...
Distances outside of the Solar System (stars)
Distance inside of the Solar System (planets)
Not a unit of measurement
Distances on Earth
5
Why do astronomers think that the Universe will get larger?
It's already expanding
It's actually getting smaller
It's already the biggest it will be
Because it's just the way it is
6
As the light waves get longer, this means that objects are...
Blue Shifting
Red Shifting
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If we have daylight for 8 hours and darkness for 16 hours, what is this?
Equinox
Solstice
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Planets with LOTS of craters have...
Bad luck
A lot of atmosphere
Little or no atmosphere
organisms eating the surface
9
How old is the Universe, according to science?
13.8 Billion years old
13.8 Million years old
13.8 Thousand years old
13.8 Hundred years old
10
If we saw that objects were getting closer to us, we would say that it is...
Blue Shifting
Slowing down
Red Shifting
Yellow Shifting
11
What is another name for the "failed star" planets?
Terrestrial planets
Gas Giants
Moons
Not cut-out for Hollywood
12
As objects get further away, the wavelengths are getting...
Not changing
Closer together
Further apart
13
Where does the planet orbit the fastest?
Planet do not orbit stars
They are the same
A
B
14
Why would the sticker turn blue?
You are getting further away from the car
You are getting closer to the car
15
Light Years (LY) are used to measure...
Not a unit of measurement
Distances outside of the Solar System (stars)
Distance inside of the Solar System (planets)
Distances on Earth
16
The Big Chill is the more supported idea of how the Universe will end.
False
True
17
Why is Pluto not a mainstream planet?
It is not a sphere (ball)
It does not have any moons
It does not clear the neighborhood (stay in its own orbit)
It does not orbit a star
18
Could this object be a planet?
No
Yes
It could have been if Pluto wasn't a bad neighbor
If we want it to be
19
Astronomical Units (AU) are used to measure...
Distances on Earth
Not a unit of measurement
Distance inside of the Solar System (planets)
Distances outside of the Solar System (stars)
20
What is happening to the waves of light as we look further away?
They are shorter
They are moving slower
They are moving faster
They are longer
21
What is an revolution?
A day
The overthrow of a government
A planet doing one spin on its axis
A planet moving around a Sun in an ellipse
22
Planets orbit stars in a...
Circle
Oval
Square
Ellipse
23
The reason we have seasons is because...
Earth is tilted
the Sun gets colder and hotter
We are not moving
Ms. Maria gets cold
24
What is the bubble that surrounds our ENTIRE Solar System?
Oort Cloud
The Solar System
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
25
When a planet is CLOSE to it's star while in orbit, it's gravitational pull is WEAK
False
True
26
What do astronomers call the beginning and development of the Universe?
The Big Bang
The Beginning
The Very Large Start
The Big Explosion
