1) Our Sun is classified as a _______________________star. a) Main Sequence b) White Dwarf c) Red Giant d) Red Supergiant 2) Which planet has an orbit closest to the moon's eccentricity? a) Mercury b) Venus c) Mars d) Saturn 3) The orbital eccentricity of Earth is a) 0.17 b) 0.017 c) 0.007 d) 0.206 4) The sun creates energy through the process of a) Fission b) Greenhouse Effect c) Fusion d) Radio Waves 5) Which planet's day (Rotation)is longer than its year (Revolution) a) Mars b) Mercury c) Saturn d) Jupiter e) Venus 6) Terrestrial planets move more rapidly in their obits than Jovian Planets because Terrestrial planets are  a) rotating on a tilted axis b) more dense c) more massive d) closer to the Sun 7) The length of a Earth year is based on Earth's a) Rotation of 15 o / hr b) Revolution of 15 o / hr c) Rotation of approximately 1o/ day d) Revolution of approximately 1o/ day 8) Cosmic background radiation provides direct evidence for the origin of a) Earth’s earliest atmosphere b) our solar system c) the universe d) Earth’s ozone layer 9) The explosion associated with the theory and the formation of the universe inferred to have occurred how many billion ago? a) less than 1 b) 4.6 c) 13.7 d) 23.5 10) The unit most used by astronomers to express the distances to other galaxies is a) miles b) kilometers c) astronomical unit (AU) d) Lightyears (LY) 11) Evidence that the universe is expanding is best provided by the a) parallelism of Earth's axis in orbit b) change in the swing direction of a Foucault pendulum on Earth c) red shift in the light from distant galaxies d) spiral shape of the Milky Way Galaxy 12) Which frequency of the EM Spectrum has the SHORTEST wavelength? a) Blue Visible Light b) Gamma Rays c) Radio Waves d) Microwaves 13) Compared to light from a stationary source at the same point, light from an object moving toward you is a) brighter b) bluer c) redder d) unchanged in both color and brightness 14) The Doppler effect predicts that light from a source moving away from Earth will be a) shifted to shorter wavelengths. b) shifted to longer wavelengths. c) appear blue. d) appear brighter. 15) The more that the spectral lines of a star are shifted to the red end of the spectrum a) the larger it is. b) the faster it is rotating c) the hotter it is d) the faster it is moving away from us 16) Light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation are given off by stars using energy released during a) nuclear fusion b) nuclear fission c) "shooting stars" d) radioactive decay 17) The "fuel" of the sun is a) hydrogen b) helium c) oil and various hydrocarbons d) oxygen 18) Compared with our Sun, the star Betelgeuse is a) smaller, hotter, and less luminous b) smaller, cooler, and more luminous c) larger, hotter, and less luminous d) larger, cooler, and more luminous 19) The luminosity of our Sun is a) 0.0017 b) 0.007 c) 1 d) 4.6 20) Which star color indicates the hottest star surface temperature? a) blue b) white c) yellow d) red 21) Compared to the sun, a white dwarf star is a) hotter and larger b) hotter and smaller c) cooler and larger d) cooler and smaller 22) Compared to our sun, the star Polaris is a) Brighter b) smaller c) cooler d) hotter 23) Which of the following is the same for all stars along a horizontal line on an H-R diagram a) temperature b) diameter c) mass d) luminosity 24) Which characteristic of the planets in our solar system increases as the distance from the Sun increases? a) equatorial diameter   b) period of revolution c) period of rotation d) eccentricity of orbit 25) Which object is located at one foci of the elliptical orbit of Mars? a) the Sun b) Betelgeuse c) Earth d) Jupiter 26) The actual shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun is best described as a) a very eccentric ellipse b) a slightly eccentric ellipse c) an oblate spheroid d) a perfect circle 27) Which planet has an orbit most like Earth's moon? a) Saturn b) Earth c) Mars d)  Neptune 28) In our solar system, the orbits of the planets are best described as a) circular, with the planet at the center b) circular, with the Sun at the center c) elliptical, with the planet at one of the foci d) elliptical, with the Sun at one of the foci 29) Which star listed has the greatest luminosity? a) Barnard's star b) Procyon B c) Alpha Centauri d) Rigel 30) In the H-R diagram, 90 percent of all stars fall a) in the Red Dwarf region. b) in the Supergiant region. c) among the White Dwarfs. d) on the Main Sequence 31) The force of gravity between two objects is greatest when a) masses are small and the objects are close together b) masses are small and the objects are far apart c) masses are large and the objects are close together d) masses are large and the objects are far apart 32) The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of a) Venus and Earth b) Earth and Mars c) Mars and Jupiter d) Jupiter and Saturn

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