Unit 1 Quiz

A  10 x 100

B  0.1 x 102

C  1.0 x 101

D  0.1 x 10

A  6.37 x 102

B  637 x 10-4

C  6.37 x 10-2

D  63.7 x 10-3

A  A giant ball of burning hot gas, emitting light as a result of nuclear fission in its core.

B  The only place where nuclear fusion has been shown to happen.

C  A burning ball of hot gas called plasma producing its own light which maintains its spherical shape by its own gravity.

D  A famous person who lives in Hollywood

A  Both are positioned too close to determine which is higher.

B  Star B

C  Star A

A  degrees, minutes and seconds of arc

B  parallax hour, parmin and parsec

C  hours, minutes and seconds of arc

D  light years, light minutes and light seconds

A  7 

B  5

C  6

D  10

A  9,609 

B  9600

C  8999

D  9109

A  9,400

B  162

C  33,401

D  0.0051

A  296,000,000 mL, 2.96 x 108 L

B  296 kL, 2.96 x 108 L

C  296,000,000 mL, 296 kL, 2.96 x 108 L

D  296,000,000 mL, 296 kL, 2.96 x 105 L

A  kilograms, meters, and seconds.

B  grams, kilometers, and liters.

C  kilograms, meters, and liters.

D  grams, meters, and liters.

A  False

B  True

A  talks about the planets that are out there

B  tells us how our birthdays line up with the retrograde motions of the planets and how that may affect our day-to-day lives

C  explains how stars work

D  studies everything that lies beyond the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere

A  Throw a tantrum.

B  Try to convince everyone that their results are exactly as they should have been.

C  Publish their results anyway, then go back and try again, potentially using a new approach.

D  Pretend they never conducted that experiment.

A  True

B  False

A  Ophiuchus

B  Cassiopeia

C  Octans

A  astrologer; neurologist

B  astrologer; astronomer

C  astronomer; psychologist

D  astronomer; astrologer