Quizbank/Under construction/Astronomy

1 inspired: What is the lifespan of a star like our Sun (before fusion ceases)?

5 billion years
10 billion years
15 billion years
20 billion years

2 copied: A star that first begins its lifespan is known as a

protostar
red giant
red dwarf
blue giant
yellow dwarf

3 copied: The constellation Aries is named after the Roman god of war

true
false

4 Revolution refers to orbit around a central body and rotation refers to spin around the object's own axis.

true
false

5 Rotation refers to orbit around a central body and revolution refers to spin around the object's own axis.

true
false

6 Before it comes up through the Earth's crust, ________ is called _______.

magma ... lava
granite ... basalt
basalt ... granite
lava ... magma

7 The most violent volcanoes are called

basalt volcanoes
cinder cone volcanoes
shield volcanoes
stratovolcanoes
scoria cone volcanoes

8 Earth's inner core is believed to be ______ the surface of the Sun

not nearly as hot as
approximately as hot as
much hotter than

9 A shield volcano consists of

argon
sediment
iron
magma

10 The largest volcano on Mars has the name

Olympus
Mauna Lou
Europa
answer
answer

11 Stellar evolution is the process by which the ratio of Type-1 and Type-2 stars has changed since the big bang.

true
false

12 Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes during its lifetime.

true
false

13 Most stars more massive than the Sun end their lives as Supernovae. copied verbatum

true
false

14 A black hole is defined as any object that absorbs all the light that strikes it

true
false

15 What two types of volcanoes have been found on Mars?

shield volcanoes and volcanic vents
shield volcanoes and composite cone volcanoes
vocanic vents and mauna loa

16 The solar system's largest volcano is on

Mars
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
Europa

17 The solar system's largest shield volcanoes are large because of

lack of oxygen
low gravity
large gravity
rapid plate tectonic motion
absence of plate tectonic motion

18 How many times larger in volume is the largest shield volcano in the solar system compared with the largest shield volcano on Earth?

100 times larger
1 times larger (because it's on Earth!)
30 times larger
3 times larger
300 times larger

19 Jupiter is _____ times smaller in mass than the Sun

10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000

20 Jupiter is _____ times smaller in diameter than the Sun

10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000

21 When you double the length of a square you get ___ times as much area.

2
4
8
16

22 When you double the length of a cube you get ___ times as much volume.

2
4
8
16

23

When you double the length of a Sierpinski triangle, you get ____ times as much Sierpinski triangle
Include only black

2
3
4
5
6

24 When you double the length of a piece of string, you get ____ times as much string.

2
3
4
5
6

25 copied:Newton predicted that the world would end in

2012
2060
1642
2084

26 modified slightly: One of Isaac Newton's favorite books as a child was written by John Bate in 1634 and had the title:

The Mysteries of Nature and Art
The Mysteries of Math and Science
The Mysteries of Math and Astronomy
The Mysteries of Science and Spirtuality

27 modified slightly: Invented by Newton, this subject changed the way science has been done to this day:

algebra
trigonometry
calculus
geometry

28 This layer of Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of hydrogen and helium

exosphere
stratosphere
mesosphere
troposphere
hydrosphere

29 A rigid layer of Earth consisting of the crust and the top of the mantle is called the

exosphere
lithosphere
thermosphere
hydrosphere

30 Earth bulges out at the north and south poles

true
false

31 What is not one of the factors typicaly required for a planet or star to possess a magnetic field?

liquid core
conducting core
hotter at the center
positive ions
rotation

32 On Mars, the largest of 4 shield volcanoes on _________ is called _________

Tharsis Montes ... Olympus Mons
Aphrodite Terra ... Ishtar Terra
Tharsis Montes ... Arsia Mons
Ishtar Terra ... Aphrodite Terra
Arsia Montes... Olympus Mons