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    22/10/2018 Practice Test

    School of Physics
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    My courses U… S… P… PHYS1160-5187_01176 Module 6 (Weeks 11-12) —Galaxies and Cosmology


    Practice Test

    Started on Monday, 22 October 2018, 4:44 PM


    State Finished
    Completed on Monday, 22 October 2018, 4:45 PM
    Time taken 42 secs
    Grade 100.00 out of 100.00

    Question 1 A bright nebula that arises from the scattering of starlight by dust particles is called a:
    Correct

    Mark 10.00 out of Select one:


    10.00
    A. reflection nebula

    B. brightness nebula

    C. luminous nebula
    D. emission nebula

    Question 2 What observation convinced Hubble that M 31, the Andromeda Galaxy, was indeed a
    Correct separate galaxy?
    Mark 10.00 out of
    10.00 Select one:
    A. Its trigonometric parallax.
    B. Its large angular diameter.

    C. Its spiral structure.


    D. Cepheid variables within its spiral arms.

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    Question 3 According to current astronomical data, approximately how old is the universe?
    Correct

    Mark 10.00 out of Select one:


    10.00
    A. 65 Million years

    B. 6000 years
    C. 4.6 billion years
    D. 13.7 billion years

    Question 4 Between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter we find
    Correct

    Mark 10.00 out of Select one:


    10.00
    A. the Oort cloud
    B. Orion's belt

    C. the Kuiper belt


    D. the main asteroid belt

    Question 5 Examples of orbiter (as opposed to lander or flyby) space missions are
    Correct
    [CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
    Mark 10.00 out of
    10.00
    Select one or more:
    A. Mars Global Surveyor
    B. Magellan

    C. Voyager 1

    D. Venera 7

    Question 6 Fossils of early life are very difficult to identify in very old rocks because early life
    Correct

    Mark 10.00 out of Select one:


    10.00
    A. was very simple and microscopic in size
    B. was not made of organic material that could be replaced by minerals

    C. was so different to life found on Earth today that we are not capable of
    identifying it
    D. did not leave behind any fossilized remains

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    Question 7 The colour of a star is MOST DIRECTLY related to its:
    Correct

    Mark 10.00 out of Select one:


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    A. mass

    B. surface temperature
    C. central (core) temperature
    D. luminosity

    Question 8 The planet Saturn is


    Correct
    [CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
    Mark 10.00 out of
    10.00
    Select one or more:
    A. orbited by the only moon to possess a dense atmosphere.
    B. the only planet in the solar system with rings.

    C. was recently studied by the Cassini spacecraft.


    D. the planet in the solar system with the lowest density.

    Question 9 The dwarf planet Eris is


    Correct
    Mark 10.00 out of Select one:
    10.00
    A. much larger than Pluto
    B. much smaller than Pluto

    C. the same size as Mars


    D. about the same size as Pluto

    Question 10 We are not able to observe most of the Milky Way visually due to:
    Correct

    Mark 10.00 out of Select one:


    10.00
    A. black holes in the halo.
    B. dust in the galactic plane.

    C. gravitational lensing by the nucleus.

    D. brown dwarfs in the Local Group.

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