3.  1,000,0001,000,000  500,000500,000  250,000250,000  125,000125,000  64,00064,000  32,00032,000  16,00016,000  8,0008,000  4,0004,000  2,0002,000  1,0001,000  500500  300300  200200  100100

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7.  A. Relative Dating A. Relative Dating  C. Radiometric Dating C. Radiometric Dating  B. Absolute Dating B. Absolute Dating  D. Lies, Coyle is 77 y D. Lies, Coyle is 77 y Mr. Coyle is “about” 30 years old is a generous example of

8. Back to Board  A. Relative Dating

9.  A. vernal equinox A. vernal equinox  C. winter solstice C. winter solstice  B. autumnal equinox B. autumnal equinox  D. aphelion D. aphelion The shortest day of the year is

10. Back to Board C. Winter solstice

11.  A. perigee A. perigee  C. aphelion C. aphelion  B. apogee B. apogee  D. perihelion D. perihelion When the moon is furthest from the earth it is said to be at

12. Back to Board B. Apogee

13.  A. solar radiation hitting A. solar radiation hitting the magnetosphere  C. the tilt of earth’s axis C. the tilt of earth’s axis  B. natural radioactivity B. natural radioactivity from earth’s core  D. meteoroids falling D. meteoroids falling through earth’s atmosphere The Aurora borealis and australis are caused by

14. Back to Board A. solar radiation hitting the magnetosphere

15.  A. comet A. comet  C. binary star system C. binary star system  B. black dwarf B. black dwarf  D. nebula D. nebula It is generally believed that the entire solar system originated from a

16. Back to Board D. Nebula

17.  A. white giant A. white giant  C. red giant C. red giant  B. red dwarf B. red dwarf  D. main sequence D. main sequence What stage in the life of a star 10 times more massive than the sun?

18. Back to Board C. Red giant

19.  A. distance from earth A. distance from earth  C. brightness C. brightness  B. composition B. composition  D. diameter D. diameter A spectroscope is most likely to be used to determine a star’s

20. Back to Board B. composition

21.  A. 27 degrees A. 27 degrees  C. 23.5 degrees C. 23.5 degrees  B. 90 degrees B. 90 degrees  D. 180 degrees D. 180 degrees The earth’s axis is tilted

22. Back to Board C. 23.5 degrees

23.  A. the universe is infinite A. the universe is infinite  D. the universe is finite D. the universe is finite Which of the following statements about the universe is correct?  C. the sun is the center C. the sun is the center  B. earth is the center B. earth is the center

24. Back to Board the universe is finite

25. A small rocky body that burns up in earth’s atmosphere is called a  A. meteroid A. meteroid  C. meteorite C. meteorite  D. meteoreon D. meteoreon  B. meteor B. meteor

26. Back to Board meteor

27.  A. Uranus A. Uranus Which of the following planets is a gas giant?  C. Mercury C. Mercury  B. Venus B. Venus  D. Mars D. Mars

28. Back to Board Uranus

29.  B. measure of solar radiation received B. measure of solar radiation received Insolation is  A. angle of the sun’s rays A. angle of the sun’s rays  C. spectrum of a substance C. spectrum of a substance  D. the tilt of the moon D. the tilt of the moon

30. Back to Board measure of solar radiation received

31.  C. Ptolemy C. Ptolemy This astronomer changed the orbit of the planets to “loopy-loops”  A. Copernicus A. Copernicus  B. Newton B. Newton  D. Aristotle D. Aristotle

32. Back to Board Ptolemy

33.  D. vernal equinox D. vernal equinox The end of winter is marked by  A. summer solstice A. summer solstice  C. aphelion C. aphelion  B. autumnal equinox B. autumnal equinox

34. Back to Board Vernal equinox

35.  A. Sirius A. Sirius The brightest star in the nightime sky is  B. Alpha Centauri B. Alpha Centauri  D. Polaris D. Polaris  C. Arcturus C. Arcturus

36. Sirius

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