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CSET Astronomy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A star with a heavy mass dies by combining its protons and electrons into neutrons
Venus
photosphere
neutron stars
time zones
2. Planets that are made from hunks of rock like Earth
main sequence
terrestrial planets
irregular galaxies
Mars
3. The inside of the Sun - which is 14 million degrees Celsius
core
singularity
Big Bang theory
Uranus
4. The lifeline of a star
main sequence
time zones
stellar nurseries
barred spiral
5. A group of planets that includes Earth that started out as a large gas cloud
solar system
time zones
white dwarf
Uranus
6. Result of a collapsed star or collapsed group of stars that light cannot escape
Big Bang theory
protostars
blueshift
black hole
7. When the moon and the sun are on the opposite sides of the earth
redshift
lunar eclipse
spiral galaxies
blueshift
8. Phenomenon when the moon passes over the sun and the earth
Milky Way galaxy
solar eclipse
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
black hole
9. The surface of the Sun - which is close to 6000 degrees Celsius
photosphere
black hole
Earth
lunar eclipse
10. Objects moving farther from the Earth have a longer wavelength
stellar nurseries
redshift
barred spiral
elliptical galaxies
11. The period from one full moon to another full moon
elliptical galaxies
Mars
lunar month
Earth
12. Our home planet - which has the right amount of atmosphere to support life
Earth
Mars
corona
supernova
13. The universe started 14 billion years ago and everything was packed in a dense point called a singularity that exploded
black hole
seas/maria
Jupiter
Big Bang theory
14. The shortest day of the season because the northern hemisphere is pointed farthest away from the sun
pulsars
steady state model
winter solstice
asteroid
15. Strange dark patches found on the sun that are caused by the sun's electromagnetic field
blueshift
Doppler effect
sunspots
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
16. Galaxies shaped like round or flattened spheres
main sequence
Big Bang theory
blueshift
elliptical galaxies
17. Form of galaxy that looks like a spiral with a bulge n the middle; like the Milky Way
core
Doppler effect
sunspots
barred spiral
18. Clumps of ice and dust that orbit the sun
vernal equinox
irregular galaxies
Uranus
comets
19. Gigantic gas giant that has large rings and 45 moons orbiting it
asteroid
gas giants
Pluto
Saturn
20. A region that is so dense that it will trap stuff in it forever. It is started either by the death of a large star or when millions of matter clump together
lunar month
Jupiter
gas giants
black hole
21. Process in which a star dies by explosion
supernova
irregular galaxies
Mars
Doppler effect
22. Clouds of gas and dust that form stars
Mercury
stellar nurseries
Mars
Milky Way galaxy
23. The planet that is the closest to the sun. It has a hot side and a cold side
Milky Way galaxy
Mercury
sunspots
blueshift
24. The largest planet that is also a gas giant and has a permanent storm on its surface known as the Big Red Spot
Jupiter
Mercury
core
spiral galaxies
25. A baby star
prominences
terrestrial planets
white dwarf
protostars
26. The arm that the Earth is a part of
core
singularity
Orion arm
steady state model
27. Planet referred to as Earth's sister because it is the same size as Earth; contains a lot of sulfuric acid
barred spiral
time zones
Mercury
Venus
28. The first day of fall because the earth's axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays
black hole
supernova
autumnal equinox
Jupiter
29. Has 200 to 400 billion stars in its galaxy - including the Sun
Milky Way galaxy
black hole
white dwarf
stellar nurseries
30. Galaxies that have undefined shapes and made up of young stars - gas and dust
photosphere
Milky Way galaxy
vernal equinox
irregular galaxies
31. Galaxies that are shaped like discs and contain middle aged stars and a moderate amount of gas and dust
black hole
solar system
spiral galaxies
Saturn
32. Small gas giant with gray rings and 25 moons on it
Pluto
comets
Uranus
red giants
33. Red planet that has a lot of iron on it and has the tallest mountain in the solar system: the Olympus Mons
lunar eclipse
core
Mars
seas/maria
34. Stars that are preparing to die when they run out of hydrogen in their core by blowing up bigger than their size as the surface cools down
solar eclipse
Earth
red giants
summer solstice
35. A large chunk of rock that revolves around the Sun and is part of a large belt between Mars and Jupiter
summer solstice
asteroid
Venus
pulsars
36. Also known as the dwarf planet and was demoted from being an official planet in 2002
steady state model
autumnal equinox
white dwarf
Pluto
37. The dark spots on the moons
lunar eclipse
seas/maria
Pluto
neutron stars
38. Change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave.
Doppler effect
pulsars
supernova
gas giants
39. The longest day of the season because the northern hemisphere is pointed directly at the sun
autumnal equinox
Saturn
irregular galaxies
summer solstice
40. A star's core dies out by collapsing until it forms a tiny area of infinite density
time zones
Mercury
singularity
Jupiter
41. The time zone at 0 degrees longitude on the Earth
Orion arm
Greenwich time zone
winter solstice
supernova
42. The idea that the universe appeared without a beginning
terrestrial planets
steady state model
seas/maria
photosphere
43. Areas at the outer edge of the solar system where small bodies of comets are thought to have originated
steady state model
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
autumnal equinox
Earth
44. The sun's atmosphere
corona
Pluto
Milky Way galaxy
steady state model
45. Waves that are moving closer to the Earth have shorter wavelengths
Uranus
winter solstice
blueshift
Neptune
46. Enormous jets of gas that shoot out of thes un
gas giants
comets
Saturn
prominences
47. The way that the earth is split in 24 ways which run north - south because the earth spins at 15 degrees per hour
Uranus
supernova
elliptical galaxies
time zones
48. Gas giant that is very bluish and named after the Roman God of the sea and has a stormy gray dark spot
winter solstice
Neptune
prominences
Earth
49. Planets that are made of gas clouds like Jupiter
Earth
irregular galaxies
gas giants
neutron stars
50. Super dense stars that are as massive as the sun but twice as small
neutron stars
stellar nurseries
white dwarf
terrestrial planets