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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A baby star
Greenwich time zone
protostars
lunar eclipse
solar system
2. Form of galaxy that looks like a spiral with a bulge n the middle; like the Milky Way
main sequence
barred spiral
summer solstice
lunar eclipse
3. Neutron stars that spin rapidly and release radio waves
supernova
red giants
corona
pulsars
4. Objects moving farther from the Earth have a longer wavelength
protostars
redshift
Mars
neutron stars
5. 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
neutron stars
black hole
red giants
blueshift
6. Galaxies shaped like round or flattened spheres
elliptical galaxies
pulsars
Greenwich time zone
Venus
7. The first day of spring because the earth's axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays
Greenwich time zone
vernal equinox
gas giants
Pluto
8. Our home planet - which has the right amount of atmosphere to support life
Earth
pulsars
Saturn
solar system
9. A large chunk of rock that revolves around the Sun and is part of a large belt between Mars and Jupiter
stellar nurseries
asteroid
lunar eclipse
white dwarf
10. Areas at the outer edge of the solar system where small bodies of comets are thought to have originated
seas/maria
neutron stars
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
protostars
11. The sun's atmosphere
time zones
irregular galaxies
Neptune
corona
12. Galaxies that are shaped like discs and contain middle aged stars and a moderate amount of gas and dust
summer solstice
main sequence
Earth
spiral galaxies
13. 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
red giants
protostars
time zones
sunspots
14. The planet that is the closest to the sun. It has a hot side and a cold side
black hole
elliptical galaxies
core
Mercury
15. The arm that the Earth is a part of
supernova
asteroid
Orion arm
main sequence
16. The time zone at 0 degrees longitude on the Earth
corona
steady state model
Greenwich time zone
Big Bang theory
17. The way that the earth is split in 24 ways which run north - south because the earth spins at 15 degrees per hour
black hole
winter solstice
time zones
sunspots
18. Result of a collapsed star or collapsed group of stars that light cannot escape
Mercury
time zones
Neptune
black hole
19. Red planet that has a lot of iron on it and has the tallest mountain in the solar system: the Olympus Mons
irregular galaxies
Orion arm
Mars
terrestrial planets
20. The largest planet that is also a gas giant and has a permanent storm on its surface known as the Big Red Spot
redshift
white dwarf
time zones
Jupiter
21. Has 200 to 400 billion stars in its galaxy - including the Sun
Saturn
Milky Way galaxy
neutron stars
barred spiral
22. Also known as the dwarf planet and was demoted from being an official planet in 2002
Pluto
main sequence
Orion arm
red giants
23. The lifeline of a star
black hole
photosphere
winter solstice
main sequence
24. Strange dark patches found on the sun that are caused by the sun's electromagnetic field
Mercury
neutron stars
sunspots
stellar nurseries
25. Clumps of ice and dust that orbit the sun
white dwarf
comets
Neptune
supernova
26. Gas giant that is very bluish and named after the Roman God of the sea and has a stormy gray dark spot
Mars
Neptune
corona
barred spiral
27. The longest day of the season because the northern hemisphere is pointed directly at the sun
summer solstice
Jupiter
solar eclipse
redshift
28. A group of planets that includes Earth that started out as a large gas cloud
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
solar system
Greenwich time zone
Milky Way galaxy
29. Planets that are made of gas clouds like Jupiter
pulsars
sunspots
gas giants
Saturn
30. The universe started 14 billion years ago and everything was packed in a dense point called a singularity that exploded
supernova
Doppler effect
vernal equinox
Big Bang theory
31. The first day of fall because the earth's axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays
autumnal equinox
time zones
main sequence
photosphere
32. When the moon and the sun are on the opposite sides of the earth
lunar eclipse
Mercury
summer solstice
core
33. A star with a heavy mass dies by combining its protons and electrons into neutrons
asteroid
irregular galaxies
black hole
neutron stars
34. Process in which a star dies by explosion
neutron stars
winter solstice
supernova
core
35. The dark spots on the moons
Greenwich time zone
time zones
Uranus
seas/maria
36. The surface of the Sun - which is close to 6000 degrees Celsius
Uranus
photosphere
summer solstice
gas giants
37. A star's core dies out by collapsing until it forms a tiny area of infinite density
Mercury
singularity
black hole
neutron stars
38. The period from one full moon to another full moon
Pluto
lunar month
solar eclipse
black hole
39. Galaxies that have undefined shapes and made up of young stars - gas and dust
Mars
irregular galaxies
Pluto
vernal equinox
40. The shortest day of the season because the northern hemisphere is pointed farthest away from the sun
winter solstice
white dwarf
terrestrial planets
Milky Way galaxy
41. Small gas giant with gray rings and 25 moons on it
Uranus
lunar month
solar eclipse
singularity
42. Gigantic gas giant that has large rings and 45 moons orbiting it
summer solstice
Saturn
steady state model
photosphere
43. Phenomenon when the moon passes over the sun and the earth
solar eclipse
protostars
vernal equinox
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
44. Planet referred to as Earth's sister because it is the same size as Earth; contains a lot of sulfuric acid
Venus
pulsars
time zones
core
45. The inside of the Sun - which is 14 million degrees Celsius
Big Bang theory
Orion arm
supernova
core
46. Planets that are made from hunks of rock like Earth
corona
stellar nurseries
solar system
terrestrial planets
47. Change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave.
autumnal equinox
singularity
Doppler effect
black hole
48. Super dense stars that are as massive as the sun but twice as small
lunar month
red giants
white dwarf
prominences
49. Waves that are moving closer to the Earth have shorter wavelengths
Doppler effect
Neptune
photosphere
blueshift
50. Clouds of gas and dust that form stars
stellar nurseries
solar system
terrestrial planets
summer solstice