Quizbank/Under construction/Astronomy

{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

{copied: A star that first begins its lifespan is known as a} + protostar - red giant - red dwarf - blue giant - yellow dwarf

{copied: The constellation Aries is named after the Roman god of war} - true + false

{Revolution refers to orbit around a central body and rotation refers to spin around the object's own axis.} + true - false

{Rotation refers to orbit around a central body and revolution refers to spin around the object's own axis.} - true + false

{Before it comes up through the Earth's crust, ________ is called _______.} - magma ... lava - granite ... basalt - basalt ... granite + lava ... magma

{The most violent volcanoes are called} - basalt volcanoes - cinder cone volcanoes - shield volcanoes + stratovolcanoes - scoria cone volcanoes

{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

{A shield volcano consists of} - argon - sediment - iron + magma {The largest volcano on Mars has the name} + Olympus - Mauna Lou - Europa - answer - answer

{Stellar evolution is the process by which the ratio of Type-1 and Type-2 stars has changed since the big bang.} - true + false

{Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes during its lifetime.} + true - false

{Most stars more massive than the Sun end their lives as Supernovae. copied verbatum} - true + false

{A black hole is defined as any object that absorbs all the light that strikes it} - true + false

{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 {The solar system's largest volcano is on} + Mars - Earth - Jupiter - Venus - Europa {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 {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 {Jupiter is _____ times smaller in mass than the Sun} - 10 -  100 +  1,000 -  10,000 -  100,000 {Jupiter is _____ times smaller in diameter than the Sun} + 10 -  100 -  1,000 -  10,000 -  100,000 {When you double the length of a square you get ___ times as much area.} - 2 +  4 -  8 -  16 {When you double the length of a cube you get ___ times as much volume.} - 2 -  4 +  8 -  16 {When you double the length of a Sierpinski triangle, you get ____ times as much Sierpinski triangle  } - 2 +  3 -  4 -  5 -  6 {When you double the length of a piece of string, you get ____ times as much string.} + 2 -  3 -  4 -  5 -  6

{copied:Newton predicted that the world would end in} - 2012 + 2060 - 1642 - 2084

{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

{modified slightly: Invented by Newton, this subject changed the way science has been done to this day:} - algebra - trigonometry + calculus - geometry

{This layer of Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of hydrogen and helium} + exosphere - stratosphere - mesosphere - troposphere - hydrosphere {A rigid layer of Earth consisting of the crust and the top of the mantle is called the} - exosphere + lithosphere - thermosphere - hydrosphere {Earth bulges out at the north and south poles} - true + false {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

{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