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1. What does spectroscopy show that supports the Big Bang Theory?
A
Galaxies moving away are blueshifted
B
Galaxies moving away are redshifted
C
Galaxies alternate redshift and blueshift
2. What does it mean if a star is blueshifted?
A
It is moving toward you
B
It is moving away from you
C
It is not moving
3. What does it mean if a star is redshifted?
A
It is moving away from you
B
It is moving toward you
C
It is not moving
4. Which is the main element for nuclear fusion in young stars?
A
Hydrogen
B
Helium
C
Iron
5. What is a stage in a massive star that an average star does not go through?
A
Nebula
B
Protostar
C
Supernova
6. What is a stage in an average star’s life that massive stars do not go through?
A
White dwarf
B
Protostar
C
Nebula
7. When a rock in space enters the atmosphere we call it a
A
Nebula
B
Asteroid
C
Meteor
8. What determines whether a star will end its life cycle as a black hole or neutron star or as a white dwarf?
A
The color
B
The age
C
The mass
9. Which color star is hotter than a white star?
A
Red
B
Yellow
C
Blue
10. Which color star is the coolest?
A
Yellow
B
Blue
C
Red
11. What instrument do astronomers use to see deep into the universe?
A
x-ray telescopes
B
Archaeological digs
C
H-R diagrams
12. Clouds of dust and hydrogen where stars form is known as
A
Galaxies
B
Asteroids
C
Nebulae
13. Which group of stars would have the highest temperature and absolute magnitude?
A
White dwarfs
B
Giants
C
Main sequence
14. What instrument separates light into different colors?
A
Optical telescope
B
Redshift probe
C
Spectroscope
15. What process produces energy in the sun from combining hydrogen isotopes?
A
Nuclear fusion
B
Nuclear fission
C
Electron radiation
16. Which of these comes first in the life of a red giant as it dies?
A
The star stops generating heat
B
The core becomes unstable
C
The star expands
17. Which of these is NOT a way that a star may end it’s life?
A
White dwarf
B
Planetary nebula
C
Black hole
18. The Hubble is a
A
Red Giant Star
B
Space shuttle
C
Telescope
19. Gamma and infrared are examples of waves on the
A
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
B
Electromagnetic spectrum
C
Mechanical motion schematic
20. What is absolute magnitude?
A
How bright a star appears to be
B
How large a star actually is
C
How bright a star actually is