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