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Astronomy
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What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Mars.
Earth.
Jupiter.
Saturn.
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What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
Earth.
Pluto.
Venus.
Neptune.
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How many planets are there in the solar system?
8.
10.
7.
9.
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A star so dense that not even light can escape is called a
black hole.
neutron star.
white dwarf.
sun.
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How many moons does the planet Mars have?
0.
1.
2.
3.
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The speed of light is approximately
150 000 kilometres per second.
300 000 kilometres per second.
500 000 kilometres per second.
1 000 000 kilometres per second.
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The diameter of the earth is approximately
5 000 kilometres.
13 000 kilometres.
20 000 kilometres.
50 000 kilometres.
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The mean distance of the earth from the sun is approximately
50 000 kilometres.
150 000 000 kilometres.
500 000 000 kilometres.
1 000 000 000 kilometres.
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The "wobbling" of the earth's axis is known as
precession.
abscissa.
culmination.
mantissa.
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A "light year" is the distance traveled by light
in a year.
in one parsec.
in one secular period.
from one new moon to the next.
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The distance traveled by light in a year is approximately
500 000 metres.
1 000 000 metres.
1 000 000 kilometres.
10 000 000 000 kilometres.
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Which of the following stars has the greatest apparent brightness?
Vega.
Deneb.
Altair.
The sun.
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The Crab Nebula is the result of a
binary star.
black hole.
quasar.
supernova.
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The inner planets are solid and rocky; the giant planets are
gaseous.
mesomorphic.
exactly circular in orbit.
igneous.
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Which of the following is not a type of telescope?
Refractor.
Reflector.
Cartesian.
Newtonian.
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Which of the following is a correct sequence of the moon's phases?
New, gibbous, third quarter.
Full, gibbous, last quarter, crescent.
First quarter, crescent, gibbous, last quarter.
Gibbous, crescent, last quarter.
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The approximate mean distance of the moon from the earth is
50 000 metres.
100 000 metres.
400 000 kilometres.
1 000 000 kilometres.
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An eclipse of the moon occurs when
the moon passes into the shadow cast by the earth.
the earth passes into the shadow cast by the moon.
the sun passes into the shadow cast by the earth.
the sun passes into the shadow cast by the moon.
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The broad, gray plains on the moon are known as "maria" because
Maria Kepler first discovered them.
their shape reminded observers of mare's tails.
"maria" is the Greek word for "plain."
"maria" is the Latin word for "seas."
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An observer must never look directly at the sun through
a telescope.
binoculars.
eyeglasses.
any of the above.
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The dark patches which appear on the sun's surface are called
umbrae.
penumbrae.
sunspots.
prominences.
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The temperature of the sun is
273 degrees Kelvin.
-273 degrees Celsius.
100 degrees Celsius.
6 000 degrees Celsius.
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The sun is a source of
radio waves.
ultraviolet radiation.
x-rays.
all of the above.
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The Great Red Spot is to be found on
the sun.
Jupiter.
Saturn.
Mars.
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Which region of the sky is particularly rich in nebulae and clusters?
Sagittarius.
Sagitta.
Arcturus.
The south celestial pole.
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Approximately how far away is the Great Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda (M31)?
1 000 000 kilometres.
1 parsec.
2 000 000 light-years.
10 parsecs.
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Aurorae occur originally as a result of activity on
the sun.
the earth.
Venus.
Mercury.
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G.V. Schiaparelli became famous for discovering
the rings around Saturn.
the canals of Mars.
the Great Red Spot.
the planet Pluto.
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Asteroids whose orbits intersect that of the earth are called
Apollonian.
Saturnian.
Jovian.
Tellurian.
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Between the orbits of which two planets does the main asteroid zone lie?
Jupiter and Saturn.
Mercury and Venus.
Earth and Mars.
Mars and Jupiter.
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The main separation in the rings of Saturn is named after
Kepler.
Cassini.
Copernicus.
Brahe.
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Pluto was discovered to have a moon, which has been named
Ceres.
Persephone.
Hades.
Charon.
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Which of the following is the hottest star?
A blue-white star.
A yellow star.
An orange star.
A red star.
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The Summer Triangle is made up of the following stars:
Sirius, Procyon, Betelgeuse.
Alpheratz, Enif, Markab.
Deneb, Vega, Altair.
Castor, Pollux, Aldebaran.
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Copernicus's famous book, De Revolutione Orbium Coelestium, was published in
1620.
1543.
1775.
1216.
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Newton's famous book, Principia Mathematica, was published in
1411.
1687.
1750.
1800.
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The planet Uranus was discovered by
Herschel.
Galileo.
Copernicus.
Ptolemy.
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The most famous catalog of clusters and nebulae was published by
Gibbon.
Swift.
Messier.
Schiaparelli.
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The planet Neptune was discovered by
Marie and Pierre Curie.
the Lavoisier brothers.
Aristarchus and Copernicus.
Adams and Leverrier.
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Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity was published in
1899.
1915.
1933.
1950.
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The planet Pluto was discovered by
Hubble.
Tombaugh.
Fraunhofer.
Lord Rosse.
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The rings of Uranus were discovered in
1900.
1919.
1933.
1977.
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How many times do equinoxes occur during a year?
1.
2.
4.
It depends upon the year.
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Kepler was the co-worker of
Brahe.
Copernicus.
Galileo.
Newton.
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The precession of the equinoxes was discovered by
Aristarchus.
Hipparchus.
Zeno.
Ptolemy.
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Ptolemy's highly influential work on astronomy was entitled
Astrolog.
De Rerum Natura.
Amalgest (Syntaxis Mathematica).
De Caelo.
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Miranda is
one of the Mira Ceti variables.
the innermost of the satellites of Uranus.
an eclipsing binary star.
the largest of Mars' satellites.
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Perihelion is the point in the orbit
of a planet that is nearest the earth.
of a satellite that is nearest its planet.
of a comet that is nearest the sun.
of a planet that is farthest from the sun.
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The Hyades are found in the constellation
Andromeda.
Taurus.
Pegasus.
Aries.
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Astroblems are
astronomical calculators.
star spectra.
meteorite scars.
ancient clocks.
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The light-gathering power of a telescope is directly related to
the magnification.
the surface area of the objective lens.
the Dawes Limit.
the distance of the object being viewed.
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Hertz first demonstrated the presence of forms of radiation other than light by
producing radio waves.
discovering magnetism.
producing electricity.
discovering microwaves.
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The wavelength of visible light is found to lie within the range of
205-635 picometres.
385-760 nanometres.
2.3-6.7 centimetres.
1.5-6.3 kilometres.
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Who first recognized the absorption bands in the spectrum?
Herschel.
Shipley.
Tombaugh.
Fraunhofer.
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The Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar has a primary mirror of approximately
1 metre.
2 metres.
5 metres.
10 metres.
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The trigonometric parallax method of measuring stellar distances uses
the diameter of the earth's orbit as a baseline.
spectrographic data.
the distance to the nearest star as a reference point.
none of the above.
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Most lunar craters seemed to be formed by
volcanic eruption.
impact.
explosion.
implosion.
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As much as 80% of Mercury's planetary mass is provided by
carbon.
silicon.
iron.
uranium.
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The Venusian atmosphere is an opaque concentration of
hydrogen peroxide.
ammonia.
carbon monoxide.
carbon dioxide.
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The hottest planet in the solar system is
Mercury.
Venus.
Mars.
Jupiter.
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Mars's polar caps consist primarily of condensed
carbon dioxide.
water.
ammonia.
methane.
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Jupiter's atmosphere consists primarily of
carbon dioxide.
argon.
helium.
hydrogen.
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Saturn's ring material is about as dense as
water.
dry ice.
sand.
rock.
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Uranus and Venus share the characteristic of
having no satellites.
having a thin ring system.
producing copious amounts of xenon.
spinning in a retrograde direction.
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Of what substance does Neptune have the largest quantity detected on a planet?
Ammonia.
Methane.
Carbon monoxide.
Carbon dioxide.
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Pluto is thought once to have been a satellite of
Jupiter.
Saturn.
Uranus.
Neptune.
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If the sun were hollow, about how many earths would fit inside?
100.
1 000.
1 000 000.
1 000 000 000.
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About how often does the sun rotate on its axis?
Once a day.
Once a week.
Once a month.
Once a year.
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The sun's densite is about
0.5 that of water.
1.5 that of water.
3.0 that of water.
10.0 that of water.
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About how many metric tons of solar matter is changed into energy per second?
2 000 000.
4 000 000.
8 000 000.
16 000 000.
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The umbra (dark center) of a sunspot varies from a few hundred to over
10 000 kilometres across.
40 000 kilometres across.
80 000 kilometres across.
100 000 kilometres across.
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The number of sunspots varies in cycles of about
1 year.
5 years.
11 years.
19 years.
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The approximate temperature of the sun's surface is
1 000 degrees Celsius.
2 000 degrees Celsius.
6 000 degrees Celsius.
10 000 degrees Celsius.
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How far up in the air do aurorae occur?
1 to 10 kilometres.
10 to 100 kilometres.
100 to 1 000 kilometres.
1 000 to 10 000 kilometres.
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The total number of stars visible to the naked eye over a year is approximately
1 000.
3 000.
6 000.
10 000.
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How many years must light travel to reach the nearest star other than the sun?
1.2.
4.3.
6.7.
9.8.
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One kilogram of hydrogen changing to helium in a star liberates energy equal to
about 1 000 metric tons of coal.
about 5 000 metric tons of coal.
about 10 000 metric tons of coal.
about 100 000 metric tons of coal.
B
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Red giants stars such as Antares have a density as low as
1/100 the density of air.
1/500 the density of air.
1/1000 the density of air.
1/2000 the density of air.
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Our sun is moving toward the constellation
Hercules.
Centaurus.
Ursa Major.
Ursa Minor.
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The brightest star in the sky other than the sun is
Sirius.
Betelgeuse.
Polaris (the North Star).
Vega.
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About how many years must light travel to reach the center of our galaxy?
1 000.
10 000.
25 000.
50 000.
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Toward what zodiacal constellation is the center of our galaxy?
Sagittarius.
Aries.
Cancer.
Scorpius.
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The core of the earth averages about
2 times the mass of water.
5 times the mass of water.
10 times the mass of water.
25 times the mass of water.
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Which Greek scientist first put forward the idea that the earth was not flat?
Anaxagoras.
Archimedes.
Aristarchus.
Aristotle.
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Which Greek scientist first measured the circumference of the earth?
Epicurus.
Epimenides.
Erathosthenes.
Euclid.
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The Greek scientist Hipparchus is know for
inventing trigonometry.
cataloging the positions of stars.
discovering the precession of the earth's axis.
all of the above.
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The idea that the earth revolves around the sun was first suggested by
Aristarchus.
Brahe.
Copernicus.
Kepler.
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The phenomenon which always keeps the same face of the moon toward the earth is
synchronous rotation.
contemporaneity.
albedo.
precession.
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The vernal equinox now occurs in the constellation
Aquarius.
Pisces.
Aries.
Virgo.
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The importance of Cepheid variables lies in the definite relationship between
their periods and their absolute magnitudes.
their periods and their relative magnitudes.
their periods and their irregular variations.
their observed magnitude and their irregular variations.
A
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The first minor planet to be discovered was
Ceres.
Hermes.
Juno.
Vesta.
A
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Jodrell Bank is the site of a well-known
meteor crater.
radio telescope.
optical telescope.
planetarium.
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The most oblate planet is
Venus.
Earth.
Jupiter.
Saturn.
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A caldera is
a volcanic crater.
a seismographic event.
a variable star.
a double star.
A
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The radiation zones of charged particles surrounding the earth are called
the "greenhouse effect."
Van Allen belts.
the Cassini division.
aurorae.
B
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A shift in the apparent position of a body due to the motion of the observer is
the Doppler effect.
parallax.
the red shift.
libration.
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The first stellar distance ever measured was measured by the method of
parallax.
interferometry.
spectroscopy.
blink comparison.
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Who was born in the same year Galileo died?
Brahe.
Newton.
Copernicus.
Kepler.
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The telescope was invented by
Lavoisier.
Lippershey.
Linnaeus.
LaPlace.
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The numerical relationship between the distances of the planets is known as
parallax.
Bode's law.
Kepler's law.
Newton's law.
B
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