Transcript Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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Mr. Coyle is “about” 30 years
old is a generous example of
 A. Relative Dating
 B. Absolute Dating
 C. Radiometric Dating
 D. Lies, Coyle is 77 y
 A. Relative Dating
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The shortest day of the year is
 A. vernal equinox
 B. autumnal equinox
 C. winter solstice
 D. aphelion
C. Winter solstice
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When the moon is furthest from the
earth it is said to be at
 A. perigee
 B. apogee
 C. aphelion
 D. perihelion
B. Apogee
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The Aurora borealis and australis
are caused by
 A. solar radiation hitting
the magnetosphere
 B. natural radioactivity
from earth’s core
 C. the tilt of earth’s axis
 D. meteoroids falling
through earth’s atmosphere
A. solar radiation hitting
the magnetosphere
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It is generally believed that the
entire solar system originated from
a
 A. comet
 B. black dwarf
 C. binary star system
 D. nebula
D. Nebula
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What stage in the life of a star
10 times more massive than the
sun?
 A. white giant
 B. red dwarf
 C. red giant
 D. main sequence
C. Red giant
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A spectroscope is most likely to
be used to determine a star’s
 A. distance from earth
 B. composition
 C. brightness
 D. diameter
B. composition
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The earth’s axis is tilted
 A. 27 degrees
 B. 90 degrees
 C. 23.5 degrees
 D. 180 degrees
C. 23.5 degrees
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Which of the following statements
about the universe is correct?
 A. the universe is infinite
 C. the sun is the center
 B. earth is the center
 D. the universe is finite
the universe is finite
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A small rocky body that burns up in
earth’s atmosphere is called a
 A. meteroid
 B. meteor
 C. meteorite
 D. meteoreon
meteor
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Which of the following planets
is a gas giant?
 A. Uranus
 B. Venus
 C. Mercury
 D. Mars
Uranus
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Insolation is
 A. angle of the sun’s rays
 C. spectrum of a substance
 B. measure of solar radiation received
 D. the tilt of the moon
measure of solar radiation
received
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This astronomer changed the orbit
of the planets to “loopy-loops”
 A. Copernicus
 B. Newton
 C. Ptolemy
 D. Aristotle
Ptolemy
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The end of winter is marked by
 A. summer solstice
 B. autumnal equinox
 C. aphelion
 D. vernal equinox
Vernal equinox
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The brightest star in the nightime
sky is
 A. Sirius
 B. Alpha Centauri
 C. Arcturus
 D. Polaris
Sirius
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