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Welcome to Who Wants to be
a Millionaire:
Astronomy Edition
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A: constellations
C: galaxies
B: star systems
D: observatories
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Patterns of stars in the sky are called _______.
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A: radio telescope
C: optical telescope
B: refracting telescope
D: reflecting telescope
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A telescope that collects and focuses light using a mirror is called a _______.
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A: a collapsing cloud of dust and gas
C: dark energy
B: a big bang
D: dark matter
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Our solar system was formed from _________.
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A: its mass
C: its color
B: its temperature
D: it being a binary star
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The length of time a star “lives” depends on what factor?
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A: time
C: distance
B: absolute brightness
D: mass
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A light year is a unit of _____.
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Milestone!Milestone!
Congratulations!Congratulations!
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A: a star’s brightness as seen from Earth
C: always the same as the apparent brightness
B: a star’s brightness at a standard distance from Earth
D: the brightness of the sun in summer
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Absolute brightness is ________.
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A: pulsar
C: quasar
B: protostar
D: neutron star
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The first stage of a star’s “life” is called a ______.
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A: globular cluster
C: star
B: solar system
D: black hole
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A quasar is a type of _____.
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A: x-rays
C: radio waves
B: gamma rays
D: sound waves
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Which is not part of the electromagnetic spectrum?
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A: close
C: bright
B: far away
D: large
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Parallax cannot be used on a star that is too ______.
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Milestone!Milestone!
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A: black hole
C: protostar
B: white dwarf
D: neutron star
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When a star runs out of fuel it cannot become a ______.
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A: elliptical galaxy
C: circular galaxy
B: spiral galaxy
D: irregular galaxy
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The Milky Way is a(n) ________.
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A: frequency
C: wavelength
B: color
D: spectrum
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The distance between the crest of one wave of electromagnetic radiation and the next one is its ______.
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A: Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
C: parallax
B: spectrograph
D: light years
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The absolute brightness and surface temperature of a star are graphed using a _______.
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C: yellow
B: red-orange
D: white
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The coolest temperature stars are what color?
A: blue-white
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