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Q: The asteroid belt is located ________.
between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn
between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
between the orbits of Earth and Mars
beyond the orbit of Neptune
Ans: between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Q: What is a protostar?
a star in its final stage of life
a star that is still in the process of forming
an intermediate-mass star
a star that has planets
Ans: a star that is still in the process of forming
Q: Compared to the distance between Earth and Mars, the
distance between Jupiter and Saturn is ________.
much larger
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,much smaller
about the same
just slightly less
Ans: much larger
Q: The overall result of the proton-proton chain is ________.
4 H becomes 1 He + energy
6 H becomes 1 He + energy
p + p becomes 2H + energy
individual protons are joined into long chains of protons
Ans: 4 H becomes 1 He + energy
Q: What is the most abundant molecule in interstellar clouds besides
molecular hydrogen?
methane
ammonia
water
carbon monoxide
molecular helium
Ans: carbon monoxide
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,Q: Which of the following is furthest from the Sun?
Pluto
a comet in the Kuiper belt
a comet in the Oort cloud
an asteroid in the asteroid belt
Neptune
Ans: a comet in the Oort cloud
Q: How does the diameter of the disk of Milky Way Galaxy compare
to its thickness?
The diameter is about 10 times as great as the thickness.
The diameter is about 100 times as great as the thickness.
The diameter and thickness are roughly equal.
The diameter is about 100,000 times as great as the thickness.
Ans: The diameter is about 100 times as great as the thickness.
Q: Current estimates place the age of the universe at about
________.
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, 10 billion years
4 1/2 billion years
14 billion years
10 million years
Ans: 14 billion years
Q: Which of statement below about black holes is not true?
If you watch someone else fall into a black hole, you will never see him
(or her) cross the event horizon; you'll only see him fade from view as
the light he emits or reflects becomes more and more redshifted.
Although we are not 100% certain that black holes exist, we have
strong observational evidence in favor of their existence.
If you fell into a black hole, you would experience time to be running
normally as you plunged rapidly across the event horizon.
A spaceship passing near a 10 solar mass black hole is much more likely
to be destroyed than a spaceship passing at the same distance from
the center of a 10 solar mass main-sequence star.
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