Astronomy B ( fall 2015)

Question 1

a supernova is the explosion of______

Answer 1

a nebula

Question 2

A star is born when___

Answer 2

nuclear fusion starts

Question 3

What creates sunspot storm on the sun

Answer 3

a change in temperature on the surface of the sun caused by strong magnetic fields

Question 4

Where do baby atoms come from?

Answer 4

Helium through iron is formed in the cores of stars

Question 5

What is located at the center of our galaxy?

Answer 5

A huge black hole

Question 6

What fuels the sun?

Answer 6

Hydrogen

Question 7

Where is the asteriod belt located

Answer 7

Between Mars and Jupiter

Question 8

What are Oort Clouds

Answer 8

Distant comets 50,000 - 100.000 AU from the Sun

Question 9

What is the Kuiper belt

Answer 9

Short period comets just beyond Neptune

Question 10

How far back in time was the flash of light from the Big Bang?

Answer 10

13.8 billion years ago

Question 11

What do the first four outer planets have in common?

Answer 11

They are much larger than the Earth and are made mainly of hydrogen and helium

Question 12

Both reflecting and refracting telescopes are designed to

Answer 12

gather and focus visible light

Question 13

What is the convective Zone

Answer 13

the layer of the sun that surrounds the radiative zone where energy moves as flowing cells of gas

Question 14

What is the core?

Answer 14

extremely hot center of the sun where nuclear fusion takes place

Question 15

What is Plasma?

Answer 15

High energy, high temperature form of matter; electrons are removed from atoms, leaving each atom with a positive electrical charge

Question 16

What is the radioactive Zone?

Answer 16

The layer of the sum immediately surrounding the core; energy moves atom to atom

Question 17

The solar system formed from___

Answer 17

a giant cloud of gas and dust

Question 18

What is the name of our galaxy?

Answer 18

The MIlky Way

Question 19

What force assembled the Asteroid Belt?

Answer 19

The gravity of Jupiter

Question 20

What color are the coolest stars?

Answer 20

red

Question 21

Because of the Doppler Effect, Stars moving away from us are______

Answer 21

red shifted and measure more red than the true star

Question 22

How are Venus and Earth alike?

Answer 22

Their size and density

Question 23

Know the stages of the life cycle of the sun from first to last

Answer 23

Know the stages of the life cycle of the sun from first to last

Question 24

When a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere it is called

Answer 24

a meteor

Question 25

Know the star groupings from smallest to largest

Answer 25

Know the star groupings from the smallest to largest

Question 26

What do all of the inner planets have in common?

Answer 26

They are small and have rocky surfaces

Question 27

How do reflecting telescopes differ from refracting telescopes?

Answer 27

They use a mirror instead of an objective lens

Question 28

Besides Earth, which inner planet once had liquid water on its surface

Answer 28

Mars

Question 29

What is distinctive about Jupiter?

Answer 29

It is the largest and most massive planet

Question 30

Why are many large optical telescopes located on mountains?

Answer 30

to be above part of the atmosphere

Question 31

Know the stages of the life cycle of the largest stars in order from first to last

Answer 31

Know the stages of the lifecycle if the largest stars in order from first to last

Question 32

What process consumes the fuel of the sun?

Answer 32

Nuclear fusion

Question 33

Large stars use up their hydrogen fuel_____

Answer 33

in a shorter time than a small star

Question 34

The sun has enough hydrogen to last another____

Answer 34

5 billion years

Question 35

What is the Kuiper Belt?

Answer 35

Comet debris orbiting past pluto

Question 36

The Milk Way galaxy is an example of

Answer 36

a spiral galaxy