Chapter 30 -- Star Quiz

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. What color are the coolest stars?

a. orange c. white
b. blue d. red
____ 2. Stars appear to move in the sky because
a. the sky is rotating. c. the universe is expanding.
b. Earth is moving. d. galaxies are forming.
____ 3. A star moving away from the Earth has a spectrum that is
a. losing its color. c. shifted toward red.
b. shifted toward blue. d. unchanged.
____ 4. Scientists determine the composition and temperature of stars
a. by sampling matter on the surface of stars.
b. by analyzing the vibrations that stars emit.
c. through magnetic testing.
d. by analyzing the spectra of the light that stars emit.
____ 5. During the main sequence stage, how is energy generated in a star’s core?
a. Hydrogen fuses into helium. c. Helium fuses into hydrogen.
b. Carbon fuses into hydrogen. d. Carbon fuses into oxygen.
____ 6. After its temperature rises to 10,000,000°C, a protostar becomes a star when
a. nuclear fusion ends. c. nuclear fission begins.
b. nuclear fusion begins. d. nuclear fission ends.
____ 7. What are binary stars?
a. stars like the sun and Earth
b. pairs of stars held motionless by gravity
c. pairs of revolving stars held together by gravity
d. stars with two poles
____ 8. What is a galaxy?
a. stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
b. debris, dirt, and trash bound together by gravity
c. air, gas, and rock in the universe
d. planets, moons, and stars bound together by magnetism
____ 9. What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
a. elliptical c. irregular
b. spherical d. spiral
____ 10. What two characteristics are plotted on an H-R diagram?
a. Temperature and pressure c. Temperature and color
b. Absolute magnitude and pressure d. Temperature and absolute magnitude

____ 11. What is a light-year?

a. the distance light travels in a year c. the time it takes to travel to a star
 b. the speed of light in a year d. the distance to the sun
____ 12. What is a white dwarf?
a. a cold, extremely expanded core of matter left after a star collapses
b. a hot, extremely dense core of matter left after a star collapses
c. a cold, extremely dense core of matter left after a star collapses
d. a hot, extremely dense core of matter left after a star explodes
____ 13. What is apparent magnitude?
a. the brightness of a star as it appears from Earth
b. the true brightness of a star
c. the brightness of the moon as it appears from Earth
d. the numerical size of a star
____ 14. What is important about Hubble’s discovery that there is a red shift in the spectra of galaxies?
a. It suggests that the universe is expanding.
b. It suggests that the universe is contracting.
c. It proves the big bang theory.
d. It suggests the existence of black holes.
____ 15. What are constellations?
a. recognizable groups of galaxies and the regions of space surrounding them
b. apparently fixed, recognizable patterns of stars and the regions of space around them
c. patterns of stars and galaxies that can be identified with color spectra
d. groups of stars that can only be distinguished with special equipment
____ 16. The big bang occurred about
a. a billion years ago. c. 5 billion years ago.
b. 14 million years ago. d. 14 billion years ago.
____ 17. What is a star?
a. very large and bright object in the night c. a large cloud of gas and dust
sky
b. an observed change in the frequency of a d. a ball of gas that gives off energy in the
wave form of heat and light
____ 18. Which of the following is not an actual motion that stars make?
a. rotating on an axis c. revolving around another star
b. spinning at high speeds d. move toward or away from Earth
____ 19. What is the most common element found in stars?
a. Hydrogen c. Sodium
b. Helium d. Calcium
____ 20. What are circumpolar stars?
a. A star the suddenly becomes brighter c. a collection of stars
b. Stars that never go below the horizon and d. Stars that revolve around one another
therefore are always visible
Matching

Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. the theory that all matter and energy was compressed into a small volume and then
exploded and began expanding
b. the study of the origin, structure, evolution of the universe
c. material that does not give off light but has detectable gravity
d. a large explosion on a star that makes it brighter
e. an area so dense that even light cannot escape its gravity
____ 21. nova
____ 22. black hole
____ 23. cosmology
____ 24. dark matter
____ 25. big bang theory
Chapter 30 -- Star Quiz
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: D DIF: 1 REF: 1 OBJ: 1

2. ANS: B DIF: 1 REF: 1 OBJ: 2
3. ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 1 OBJ: 2
4. ANS: D DIF: 1 REF: 1 OBJ: 1
5. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 2 OBJ: 2
6. ANS: B DIF: 1 REF: 2 OBJ: 1
7. ANS: D DIF: 1 REF: 3 OBJ: 1
8. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 3 OBJ: 2
9. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 3 OBJ: 2
10. ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 3 OBJ: 2
11. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 1 OBJ: 3
12. ANS: B DIF: 1 REF: 2 OBJ: 3
13. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 1 OBJ: 4
14. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 4 OBJ: 1
15. ANS: B DIF: 1 REF: 3 OBJ: 1
16. ANS: B DIF: 1 REF: 4 OBJ: 2
17. ANS: D
18. ANS: B
19. ANS: A
20. ANS: B

MATCHING

21. ANS: B DIF: 1 REF: 2 OBJ: 1

22. ANS: D DIF: 1 REF: 2 OBJ: 3
23. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 2 OBJ: 3
24. ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 2 OBJ: 1
25. ANS: E DIF: 1 REF: 2 OBJ: 3

26. ANS: B DIF: 1 REF: 4 OBJ: 1

27. ANS: D DIF: 1 REF: 4 OBJ: 1
28. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 4 OBJ: 1
29. ANS: E DIF: 1 REF: 4 OBJ: 1
30. ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 4 OBJ: 1