True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or
false.
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As
seen from Earth, the planets continually travel eastward through the stars.
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2.
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All
planets revolve about the Sun in the same direction.
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3.
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a huge region of reddish rock.
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4.
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Saturn
is the only planet with rings.
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5.
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Neptune is the most massive planet in our solar system.
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6.
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The
Sun is composed mostly of hydrogen.
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7.
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According to the solar nebula theory of the formation of the solar system, the planets
should be different ages.
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8.
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Blue
stars have higher surface temperatures than yellow stars.
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9.
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Nebulae are the birth places of stars.
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10.
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Low
mass stars shine longer than high mass stars.
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11.
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A
black hole is the final state of a low mass star.
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12.
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A
light year is a long time.
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13.
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Light
from approaching sources is red-shifted.
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14.
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The
most distant objects are travelling away from us at the fastest speed.
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15.
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Hubble's Law states that galaxies further away from us are moving more slowly than the
galaxies that are close to us.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
solar system is comprised of ... a. | the Sun and the stars. | c. | the Sun and all objects orbiting it.
| b. | the Sun and its
planets. | d. | Earth and the Moon.
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Most
asteroids are found orbiting the Sun ... a. | between (the orbits of) Mars and Jupiter.
| c. | inside Mercury's orbit. | b. | on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth.
| d. | twice as far from Earth as the Moon is.
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18.
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How
many gas giants are in our solar system?
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19.
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People
in rural areas see more stars. The most likely explanation for this is that ... a. | there is more light pollution in cities, which obscures
our view of the stars. | c. | rural areas are
in higher altitudes.
| b. | rural areas are cooler. | d. | stars are not evenly distributed about Earth.
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The
colour of a star is most closely related to the star's... a. | surface temperature. | c. | mass. | b. | size.
| d. | distance from Earth. | | | | |
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According to the solar nebula theory, the Sun and solar system began from
... a. | a large black hole. | c. | a white hole. | b. | a large cloud of
dust and gas (a nebula). | d. | a meteor
collision. | | | | |
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According to the solar nebula theory, matter was drawn into the centre of the nebula
by ... a. | gravity | c. | centrifugal
force | b. | electrostatic
attraction | d. | radiation pressure | | | | |
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A
light year is the ... a. | distance light
travels in a year. | c. | distance from the Sun to Earth. | b. | distance Earth
travels in a year | d. | time for light to travel across the solar system.
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Globular clusters are groups of hundreds of thousands of ... a. | atoms | c. | stars | b. | planets | d. | galaxies | | | | |
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25.
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The
spectral lines of a star cannot be used to determine ... a. | the star's
chemical composition.
| c. | the star's motion toward or away from us. | b. | whether the star
has planets. | d. | the star's speed | | | | |
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26.
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What
will the spectrum of a star moving away from Earth show? a. | red-shifted lines | c. | faint lines | b. | violet-shifted lines | d. | blurred lines | | | | |
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Matching
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Celestial bodies and features: Match the terms with their correct
descriptions. a. | a black
hole | e. | helium | b. | supernova | f. | carbon | c. | nebula | g. | white dwarf | d. | hydrogen | h. | red giant | | | | |
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Region
of dust and gas
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28.
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The
most common element in stars
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29.
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The
last glowing stage of a low mass star
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30.
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Stellar explosion
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31.
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Element forming in our Sun
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32.
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Tiny,
very massive object with very high gravity -- not even light can escape.
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Match
the process with its description a. | surface temperature | d. | stellar mass | b. | fusion | e. | energy production | c. | gravity | | | | |
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33.
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pulls
dust and gas together
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34.
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determines a star's colour
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35.
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creates energy
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36.
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keeps
the star from collapsing
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37.
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determines a star's final stages
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Match
the description with the part of the diagram
(note: i = a, ii = b, iii = c, iv = d, v =
e)
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38.
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luminosity
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39.
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main
sequence
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40.
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red
dwarf
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41.
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red
supergiant
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42.
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temperature/colour
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Match
the items below with their correct descriptions a. | celestial body | g. | planet | b. | celestial sphere | h. | moon | c. | asterism | i. | asteroid | d. | constellation | j. | meteor | e. | solar system | k. | meteorite | f. | star | l. | comet | | | | |
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