ISP205 Exam 1 MA Review 2024/2025
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a - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Our solar system consists of _____
a. the Sun and all the objects that orbit it
b. a few hundred billion stars, bound together by gravity
c. the Sun and several nearby stars, as well as the planets and other
objects that orbit these stars
d. the Sun and the planets, and nothing else
a - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Which of the following correctly lists our "cosmic
address" from small to large?
a. Earth, solar system, Milky Way, Local Group, Local Supercluster,
universe
b. Earth, solar system, Local Group, Local Supercluster, Milky Way Galaxy,
universe
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,c. Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, solar system, Local Group, Local Supercluster,
universe
a - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A television advertisement claiming that a product is
light-years ahead of its time does not make sense because _______.
a. it uses "light-years" to talk about time, but a light-year is a unit of
distance
b. light-years can only be used to talk about light
c. a light-year is an astronomically large unit, so a product could not
possibly be so advanced.
d. it doesn't specify the number of light-years
b - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The star Betelgeuse is about 600 light-years away. If it
explodes tonight, ______.
a. we'll know because debris from the explosion will rain down on us from
space
b. we won't know about it until 600 years from now.
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,c. we'll know it immediately because it will be brighter than the full Moon in
the sky.
d. none of the above
b - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Where is our solar system located within the Milky Way
Galaxy?
a. in the halo of the galaxy
b. roughly halfway between the center and the edge of the visible disk of
the galaxy
c. very near the center of the galaxy
d. at the far edge of the galaxy's visible disk
e - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A galaxy is ______.
a. another name for the universe
b. a large, glowing ball of gas powered by nuclear energy
c. a system consisting of one or a few stars orbited by plants, moons, and
smaller objects
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, d. a name for the great variety of stars
e. a collection of a few hundred million to a trillion or more stars, bound
together by gravity
c - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What do astronomers mean by the "Big Bang"?
a. the event that marked the birth of the solar system
b. the gigantic explosion that blew all the galaxies in the universe to
smithereens
c. the event that marked the beginning of the expansion of the universe
d. the explosion of a massive star at the end of its life
b - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What do we mean when we say that the universe is
expanding?
a. the statement is not meant to be literal; rather, it mean that our
knowledge of the universe is growing
b. average distances between galaxies are increasing with time
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a - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Our solar system consists of _____
a. the Sun and all the objects that orbit it
b. a few hundred billion stars, bound together by gravity
c. the Sun and several nearby stars, as well as the planets and other
objects that orbit these stars
d. the Sun and the planets, and nothing else
a - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Which of the following correctly lists our "cosmic
address" from small to large?
a. Earth, solar system, Milky Way, Local Group, Local Supercluster,
universe
b. Earth, solar system, Local Group, Local Supercluster, Milky Way Galaxy,
universe
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,c. Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, solar system, Local Group, Local Supercluster,
universe
a - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A television advertisement claiming that a product is
light-years ahead of its time does not make sense because _______.
a. it uses "light-years" to talk about time, but a light-year is a unit of
distance
b. light-years can only be used to talk about light
c. a light-year is an astronomically large unit, so a product could not
possibly be so advanced.
d. it doesn't specify the number of light-years
b - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The star Betelgeuse is about 600 light-years away. If it
explodes tonight, ______.
a. we'll know because debris from the explosion will rain down on us from
space
b. we won't know about it until 600 years from now.
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,c. we'll know it immediately because it will be brighter than the full Moon in
the sky.
d. none of the above
b - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Where is our solar system located within the Milky Way
Galaxy?
a. in the halo of the galaxy
b. roughly halfway between the center and the edge of the visible disk of
the galaxy
c. very near the center of the galaxy
d. at the far edge of the galaxy's visible disk
e - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A galaxy is ______.
a. another name for the universe
b. a large, glowing ball of gas powered by nuclear energy
c. a system consisting of one or a few stars orbited by plants, moons, and
smaller objects
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, d. a name for the great variety of stars
e. a collection of a few hundred million to a trillion or more stars, bound
together by gravity
c - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What do astronomers mean by the "Big Bang"?
a. the event that marked the birth of the solar system
b. the gigantic explosion that blew all the galaxies in the universe to
smithereens
c. the event that marked the beginning of the expansion of the universe
d. the explosion of a massive star at the end of its life
b - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What do we mean when we say that the universe is
expanding?
a. the statement is not meant to be literal; rather, it mean that our
knowledge of the universe is growing
b. average distances between galaxies are increasing with time
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