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A shooting star is...

a meteor entering earth's atmosphere

a star shooting across the sky

a sun blowing up 

a fairy tale

Our solar system is...

all of these

our  sun and planets.

in the Milky Way galaxy.

includes our moons and the moons of our other planets.

A shadow is shortest

at noon because the sun is directly overhead. 

at dinner time because the sun is setting.

in May.

when there is a full moon.

Shadows change length during the day because....

of the earth's position in front of the sun.

the sun is moving

because people move.

because the moon gets in front of the sun.

Which is the closest star to earth?

the sun

Orion

Polaris

Pluto

Constellations appear to move across the sky because....

the earth is moving.

the constellations are moving.

the sun is moving.

all of these.

Which constellation do we see in the winter months?

Orion

Jupiter

Milky Way

The Lobster

A constellation .....

is a group of stars that form a pattern.

is a group of planets.

is seen every night all year long.

revolves around the un.

We do not see other stars during the day because...

our star the sun is too bright.

they are too far away.

they set in the west.

they set in the east.

A star is a ....

giant ball of hot gas.

has a yellow color.

always has 5 points.

is a planet.

At night we can see over _____________ stars.

2,000

2

20

2,000, 000

Northern lights and southern lights are other names for

auroras

prominences

granulations

eclipses

Which layer of the sun has the densest material?

the core

the corona

the convection zone

the radiative zone

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, in the formula E=mc2, the c stands for

the speed of light

circumstellar

core

the length of time

When the outward force due to fusion balances the inward force of gravity...

equilibrium

parallax

stasis

nova

The observed change in the frequency of a wave when either the source or observer is moving...

Doppler effect

parallax

absorption spectra

apparent magnitude

What is apparent magnitude?

the brightness of a star as it appears from Earth

the true brightness of a star

the brightness of the moon as it appears from Earth

the numerical size of a star

What are binary stars?

pairs of revolving stars held together by gravity

stars like the sun and Earth

pairs of stars held motionless by gravity

stars with two poles

The surface temperature of a star is plotted against its luminosity on the

H-R diagram.

Doppler effect.

cosmic background radiation map.

parallax graph.

Sunspots are regions of...

intense magnetism

the core

high temperature

lighter color

The part of the sun that is normally visible from Earth is the...

photosphere

core

corona

radiative zone

The number of hydrogen atoms that fuse to form a helium atom is...

four

two

six 

eight

A nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei combine is called...

fusion

fission

magnetism

granulation

Which type of star is most likely to be found on the main sequence?

yellow star

white dwarf

red supergiant

neutron star

What happens to main sequence stars (the sun) when energy from fusion is no longer available?

they collapse and become white dwarfs

they expand and become supergiants

they switch to fission reactions

they contract and turn into neutron stars

How do stellar spectra provide evidence that stars are actually moving?

Doppler shifts occur in the star's spectrum

dark line spectra reveal a star's composition

long exposure photos show curved trails

light separates into different wavelengths

What accounts for different stars being seen in the sky during different seasons of the year?

Earth's revolution around the sun

stellar motion around Polaris

Earth's rotation on its axis

position north or south of the equator

The change in position of a nearby star as seen from different points on Earth's orbit is...

parallax

blue shift

red shift

Doppler effect

The heaviest element formed in the core of a star is...

iron

carbon

helium

nitrogen

Which of the following choices lists the colors of stars from hottest to coolest...

blue, white, yellow, orange, red

red, yellow, orange, white, blue

orange, red, white, blue, yellow

yellow, orange, red, blue, white

A main-sequence star generates energy by fusing...

hydrogen into helium

nitrogen into iron

helium into carbon

nitrogen into carbon

A nebula begins the process of becoming a protostar when the nebula...

begins to shrink, increase its spin and temperature

develops a red shift

changes color from red to blue

explodes as a nova

Stars appear to move in circular paths through the sky because...

Earth rotates on its axis

Earth orbits the sun

the stars orbit Polaris

the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy

The most common element in most stars is...

hydrogen

oxygen

helium

sodium