State Test Review Astronomy

Please answer Questions 32-36 Use your yellow answer document Please answer Questions 32-36

The Big Bang Brain Pop Break

Key Idea: Galaxies are in the shapes of Spirals, Ellipticals or Irregulars

Solar System Brain Pop Break

Key Idea: A galaxy is a cluster of over a billion stars.

Asteroids Brain Pop Break

Key Idea: A light year is the distance light travels in a year. Astronomical units are used to measure distances in our solar system. 1 AU = distance between Earth and the sun Light years and used to measure distances in space. Answer is light-year.

Outer Solar System Brain Pop Break

Key Idea: Only stars produce light, everything else reflects light. Eliminate the choices with stars since they produce light Choice A all reflect light.

Exoplanets Brain Pop Break

Key Idea: comets are ice and rock that orbit the Sun in long elliptical orbits from the Kuiper belt. Key word in the question is ICE.

Comets Brain Pop Break

Key Idea: Stars brightness depend on the temperature and size. Q: What color is the hottest? Q: What type and color of star is Betelgeuse? Q: What is the least bright star on the chart and why?

Galaxies Brain Pop Break

Key Idea: the life cycle of a star depends on its mass. Q: Where do all stars form? Q: What will our star (the sun) eventually become at the end of it’s life cycle. Q: What is a supernova?

Life Cycle of Stars Brain Pop Break

Key idea: Key Idea: The moon reflects sunlight Q: What determines the phase of the moon we see on Earth?

Dark Matter Brain Pop Break