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P 7 20 Questions
Traffic Light Quiz
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Rules
• Everyone should reveal their answer at the same time
• Count down: 3, 2, 1, show!
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1. The parallax angle of a star is..
twice the angle moved against the background of distant stars in 6 months
half the angle moved against the background of distant stars in 6 months
the angle moved against the background of distant stars in 6 months
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2. A smaller parallax angle means..
The star is further away
The star is closer
The star is not as bright
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3. What is a parsec?
The distance to a star with a parallax angle of one degree of arc
The distance to a star with a parallax angle of one minute of arc
The distance to a star with a parallax angle of one second of arc
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4. What is a light year?
The distance travelled by light in a year
The time it takes light to travel one parsec
The time it takes light to travel around the Sun
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5. What is the typical distance between adjacent stars?
A few million km
A few parsecs
A few thousand parsecs
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6. The intrinsic brightness (luminosity) of a star depends on…
its distance from us and its colour
its size and its mass
its temperature and its size
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7. What is a Cepheid variable?
A star with brightness that changes periodically
A galaxy that contains a wide variety of stars
A star that is changing from a red giant to a white dwarf
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8. What does the period of a Cepheid variable depend on?
How far the star is away
How old the star is
How bright the star is
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9. What is a galaxy?
A cluster of hundreds of stars
A cluster of billions of stars
A group of millions of planets
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10. What did most astronomers believe at the start of the 20th century?
Our galaxy is the only one in the Universe
Our Sun is the only star in our galaxy
Our planet is the only one in the solar system
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11. What was the “Curtis-Shapley debate” all about
Whether nebulae were in our galaxy or separate galaxies themselves
Whether Cepheid variables were any use for determining stellar distances
Whether our Universe was expanding or not
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12. What is a “megaparsec”
A hundred parsecs
A thousand parsecs
A million parsecs
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13. What is the typical distance between galaxies?
A few parsecs
A few thousand parsecs
A few megaparsecs
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14. The further a galaxy is away..
the faster it moves away from us
the slower it moves away from us
the slower it moves towards us
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15. What was the explanation for Hubble’s observations
The Universe is much bigger than we thought
The Universe started from a big bang
The Universe is expanding
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16. All the stars you can see with the naked eye are..
in our solar system
in our galaxy
in our cluster of galaxies
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17. Which of these is furthest away from us?
Pluto
Alpha Centauri (a star)
Andromeda (a galaxy)
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18. A galaxy is 3 x 1021km away. If the Hubble
constant is 2 x 10-18s-1, what is the speed of recession?
1500km/s
6000km/s
0.66km/s
Speed = Hubble constant x distance
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19. What is the correct relationship between galaxy distance and
recession speed?
recession speed = Hubble constant x distance
Hubble constant = recession speed x distance
distance = Hubble constant x recession speed
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20. Why are Cepheid variables useful?
They allow us to estimate the mass of distant stars
They allow us to estimate the distance to stars and galaxies
They allow us to estimate the temperature of distant stars