The Universe 2 / Multiple Choice

Created by ftbrady

Question or Hint Answer or Word
  1. Where does a new star form? nebula (wrong answers: in a black hole, next to a main-sequence star, in space where there is no cosmic dust)
  2. How do high mass stars differ from low mass stars? shorter life spans (wrong answers: cooler, smaller, expand at the end of their life cycle)
  3. How is a red dwarf different from our Sun? it has less mass than our Sun (wrong answers: is a main-sequence star, larger than our Sun, is a protostar )
  4. The stars we observe in the night sky are part of which galaxy? Milky Way (wrong answers: Sombrero (M104), Whirlpool (M51), all of the above)
  5. How many stars are there in the Milky Way Galaxy? billions (wrong answers: two thousand, one hundred, one)
  6. Which one of the following statements is true? Our sun is a star (wrong answers: Our sun is a galaxy, Our sun is a nebula, Our sun is a asterism)
  7. What is the correct order of the stages in the life cycle of a low mass main-sequence star protostar, low mass main-sequence star, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf (wrong answers: white dwarf, red giant, protostar, black dwarf, low mass main-sequence star, black dward, white dwarf, red giant, protostar, low mass main-sequence star, protostar, black dwarf, low mass main-sequence star, white dwarf, red giant )
  8. What type of telescope did Galileo make? refracting (wrong answers: reflecting, radio, space)
  9. List four things Galileo was able to see using his telescope
  10. How does viewing an object through a telescope change the appearance of that object

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