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Student Name: _________________________________
Mrs. Lee – 8th Grade Physical Science
Period #: ______
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Chapter 15 Practice Test
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1) What is light?
a) electrical energy from the sun
c) energy that travels in the form of waves
b) matter that travels as waves
d) matter that allows us to see things
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2) As the result of nuclear fusion, the sun gives off ______.
a) mechanical & electrical energy
b) chemical energy & sound
c) electrical energy & light
d) heat & light
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3) How many stars are in our solar system?
a) one
b) hundreds
c) thousands
d) millions
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4) The planets and moons in our solar system are visible because they ______.
a) emit their own light
b) undergo nuclear fusion
c) absorb light from the sun
d) reflect light from the sun
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5) Patterns of stars in the sky are called ______.
a) galaxies
b) constellations
c) star systems
d) observatories
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6) Which of the following is not part of the electromagnetic spectrum?
a) radio waves
b) sound waves
c) X-rays
d) infrared radiation
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7) A neutron star that appears to produce pulses of radio waves is called a ______.
a) quasar
b) binary system
c) black hole d) pulsar
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8) The earliest stage of a star’s “life” is called a ______.
a) protostar b) giant star c) quasar
d) white dwarf
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9) The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram graphs stars’ ______.
a) absolute brightness & temperature
b) apparent brightness & absolute brightness
c) distance & absolute brightness
d) diameter & apparent brightness
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10) How long a star “lives” depends on ______.
a) its color
b) its mass
c) whether it is single or binary
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11) Parallax can’t be used on a star if the star is too ______.
a) close
b) bright
c) far away d) large
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12) A light-year is a unit of ______.
a) time
b) distance
c) mass
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d) its temperature
d) absolute brightness
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Student Name: _________________________________
Mrs. Lee – 8th Grade Physical Science
Period #: ______
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Chapter 15 Practice Test
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13) The distance between the crest of one wave of electromagnetic radiation and the
crest of the next one is its ______.
a) frequency b) wavelength
c) color
d) spectrum
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14) When a star runs out of fuel, it cannot become a ______.
a) protostar b) neutron star
c) white dwarf
d) black hole
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15) A star is born when nuclear fusion begins inside a protostar.
a) True
b) False
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16) A quasar is a type of globular cluster.
a) True
b) False
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17) A star system containing two stars is called a binary star.
a) True
b) False
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18) A star’s absolute brightness is its brightness as seen from Earth.
a) True
b) False
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19) The coolest stars are blue-white in color.
a) True
b) False
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20) What is a building that has one or more telescopes?
a) observatory
b) radio telescope
c) planetesimal
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21) What do astronomers use to measure distances to nearby stars?
a) galaxies
b) parallax
c) sound waves
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22) The earliest stage in a star’s life is called a ______.
a) quasar
b) pulsar
c) protostar
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23) What is a huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas?
a) nebula
b) galaxy
c) black hole
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24) Young galaxies with giant black holes at their centers are ______.
a) quasars
b) pulsars
c) supernovas
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25) According to Hubble’s law, the farther away a galaxy is, ______.
a) the slower it is moving away from Earth
b) the sooner it will stop moving
c) the faster it is moving away from Earth
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26) Astronomers think that in the future the universe will continue to ______.
a) shrink
b) expand
c) explode
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Student Name: _________________________________
Mrs. Lee – 8th Grade Physical Science
Period #: ______
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Chapter 15 Practice Test
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27) A reflecting telescope focuses light through lenses.
a) True
b) False
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28) A device used by astronomers to discover the elements found in stars is a
spectrograph.
a) True
b) False
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29) An object with gravity so strong that no light can escape is a big bang.
a) True
b) False
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30) Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy
a) True
b) False
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31) An elliptical galaxy looks like a round or flattened ball.
a) True
b) False
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32) The universe began with an explosion called the black hole.
a) True
b) False
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33) The light you can see is called visible light.
a) True
b) False
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34) A star’s absolute brightness is the star’s brightness as seen from Earth.
a) True
b) False
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35) Spinning neutron stars are called supernovas.
a) True
b) False
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36) The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy.
a) True
b) False
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37) Astronomers think that most of the universe is made of dark energy and dark
matter.
a) True
b) False
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Student Name: _________________________________
Mrs. Lee – 8th Grade Physical Science
Period #: ______
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Chapter 15 Practice Test
The diagram below is used by astronomers to classify stars. Use the diagram to answer the
following 5 questions:
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38) Interpreting Graphs: What is the name for the kind of diagram shown in the
picture?
a) H-R diagram
b) universal diagram c) spectrograph
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39) Interpreting Graphs: Which group of stars in the diagram has the greatest
absolute brightness?
a) group D
b) group B
c) group C
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40) Interpreting Graphs: In which group of stars could a very bright red star or a
very bright yellow star be found?
a) group B
b) group C
c) group D
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41) Applying Concepts: Which group of stars represents white dwarfs?
a) group A
b) group B
c) group C
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42) Applying Concepts: In which group of stars would a main-sequence star be
found?
a) group A
b) group B
c) group C
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