Astronomy Study Guide
Here are some amazing questions on astronomy! Take this quiz and prove your mettle!
- 1.
What is a Pulsar?
- A.
A radio wave coming off of the sun
- B.
A Rapidly Spinning Neutron star emitting pulses of energy
- C.
Tv radio waves
Correct Answer
B. A Rapidly Spinning Neutron star emitting pulses of energy -
- 2.
What is a light year?
- A.
One year on earth
- B.
The time it takes for light to travel in one year
- C.
How Much a star emits light within a year
Correct Answer
B. The time it takes for light to travel in one year -
- 3.
Where are the stars located on the HR Diagram?
- A.
Some are on the left and some are on the right
- B.
Temperature on the bottom (Left is Hot and Right is Cool) and Magnitude is on the side (Bright on the top and Dim on the bottom)
- C.
Temperature on the side (Hot is up, Cool is on the bottom) Magnitude is on the bottom (Bright on the left, dim on the right)
Correct Answer
B. Temperature on the bottom (Left is Hot and Right is Cool) and Magnitude is on the side (Bright on the top and Dim on the bottom) -
- 4.
What are the three types of Galaxies?
- A.
The Cow Galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, and the Cat's eye Galaxy
- B.
Irregular Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies and Abnormal Galaxies
- C.
Irregular Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies and Spiral Galaxies
Correct Answer
C. Irregular Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies and Spiral Galaxies -
- 5.
What is a White Dwarf?
- A.
A huge, Dim, hot star that is in the Main sequence
- B.
A small, hot, dim star that is the leftover particles of an old star
- C.
The remains of a Black Hole
Correct Answer
B. A small, hot, dim star that is the leftover particles of an old star -
- 6.
What are Globular Clusters?
- A.
Large groups of Super Novas
- B.
A tight group of stars that looks like a ball-made up of about 1 million stars
- C.
A tight group of stars that looks like a ball-made up of about 3 red giants
Correct Answer
B. A tight group of stars that looks like a ball-made up of about 1 million stars -
- 7.
What does Parallax mean?
- A.
An apparent shift in position of an object when being viewed from different locations
- B.
An apparent shift in position of an object when being viewed from different planets
- C.
The shift of a constelation
Correct Answer
A. An apparent shift in position of an object when being viewed from different locations -
- 8.
What is a SuperNova?
- A.
A huge explosion in which a massive star explodes and its material is thrown out into space
- B.
Bright Stars
- C.
Bright Remains of a Nebula that have exploded and its material pushed out by gravity
Correct Answer
A. A huge explosion in which a massive star explodes and its material is thrown out into space -
- 9.
What is a Neutron Star?
- A.
A star that has reached the end of its life and runs off of Neutrons
- B.
A star that has collapsed under gravity and its electrons and protons have been squished into neutrons
- C.
I dont know
Correct Answer
B. A star that has collapsed under gravity and its electrons and protons have been squished into neutrons -
- 10.
What is a Nebula?
- A.
A large cloud of gas and dust in space and is a "Star anihlater"
- B.
A large cloud of gas and dust in space and is a "Star Nursury"
- C.
I dont know
Correct Answer
B. A large cloud of gas and dust in space and is a "Star Nursury" -
- 11.
What are stars?
- A.
Compressed Balls of gas and dust that have a surface temperature and emit light
- B.
Balls of light
- C.
White Dwarfs and Red giants
Correct Answer
A. Compressed Balls of gas and dust that have a surface temperature and emit light -
- 12.
What are planets?
- A.
Solid things that smash into the sun at high speed
- B.
Solid things that orbit the sun (Earth is the only known planet to support life)
- C.
I dont care
Correct Answer
B. Solid things that orbit the sun (Earth is the only known planet to support life) -
- 13.
What is the main sequence?
- A.
The main time in which a star dies quickly
- B.
Where most stars are "in" on the HR diagram
- C.
The shortest part of a star's short life
Correct Answer
B. Where most stars are "in" on the HR diagram -
- 14.
What is the HR diagram?
- A.
A graph that graphs star's Surface temperature and Absolute Magnitude
- B.
A graph that graphs star's Apparent temperature and Apparent Magnitude
- C.
Who knows?
Correct Answer
A. A graph that graphs star's Surface temperature and Absolute Magnitude -
- 15.
What is a red Giant?
- A.
A large, reddish star late in its life cycle
- B.
The shortest part of a White Dwarf's life cycle
- C.
I like trains
Correct Answer
A. A large, reddish star late in its life cycle -
- 16.
What is a black hole?
- A.
A black hole
- B.
A Tear in the entire space/time continuem
- C.
An object so massive that even light cannot escape it
Correct Answer
C. An object so massive that even light cannot escape it -
- 17.
About how old is the Universe?
- A.
It is INFINITY years old
- B.
It does not exist
- C.
It is billions of years old
Correct Answer
C. It is billions of years old -
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