Republic of the Philippines COLEGIO NG LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS Batangas City MID-TERM EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 6 (ASTRONOMY) A.Y.

2013-2014 Name: ______________________________ Course: BEED IV- AM I. MCQ : Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the space provided before each statement. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

______ 1. The material between the stars is often termed ____. A. Nebula C. Intrastellar matter B. Interstellar matter D. Clouds ______ 2. It contains the highest density of stars in the galaxy. A. Disk C. Nucleus B. Halo D. Spiral arms ______ 3. An interstellar accumulation of dust and gases is referred to as a ____________. A. Galaxy C. neutron star B. Nebula D. White dwarf ______ 4. He tried to estimate the size and shape of Our Galaxy. A. Edwin Hubble C. Galileo Galilei B. William Herschel D. Isaac Newton ______ 5. The only dwarf planet in the Asteroid belt. A. Pluto C. Ceres B. Haumea D. Makemake ______ 6. The second most massive known dwarf planet A. Pluto C. Ceres B. Haumea D. Makemake ______ 7. Dwarf planet located beyond Neptunes Orbit. A. Pluto C. Ceres B. Haumea D. Makemake ______ 8. The minor planet located in the Kuiper belt region. A. Pluto C. Ceres B. Haumea D. Eris ______ 9. A large trans-Neptunian Object in the Kuiper belt. A. Quaoar C. Ceres B. Orcus D. Eris ______ 10. Which of the following is not an exoplanet. A. Alpha Centauri Bb C. Kepler 22b B. Kepler 20e D. Andromeda ______11. It was the first planet discovered to exist in the habitable zone of star. A. Alpha Centauri Bb C. Kepler 22b B. Kepler 20e D. Andromeda ______ 12. The color of a star is most closely related to its ____________. A. Composition C. mass B. Radius D. temperature ______ 13. On an H-R diagram, about 90 percent of the stars are ____________. A. main-sequence stars C. giants

B. super giants D. white dwarf ______ 14. The most visible stars in a constellation are generally named in order of their ____________ by the letters of the Greek alphabet. A. Mass C. Color B. Brightness D. Mass _____ 15. A star that begins with a mass 8 to 20 times that of the Suns mass will ___. A. Undergo the same evolution as the Sun B. Become a white dwarf C. End up with a core too massive to be supported by pressure and come to a violent end. D. Remain at the same stage and not evolve. ______ 16. The very low mass stars in the lowest part of the main sequence with masses less than 0.4 Mo ____. A. Supernova B. Neutron star C. Red dwarf D. Protostar ______ 17. A star that starts with more than about 20 times the Suns mass will, A. Become a neutron star B. Continue to fuse iron in its core C. End up with a smaller mass D. Collapse forever and become a black hole ______ 18. It is produced when temperature of stars fall and gradually becomes fainter and cooler, and after billion of years it will become cold and dark. A. Black Dwarf B. Neutron star C. Red dwarf D. Protostar ______19. One of the various Babylonian Star Catalogue. A. Almagest B. Mulapin C. Phaenomena D. Zodiac ______ 20. The oldest description of the constellations written by the Greek poet Aratus. A. Almagest B. Mulapin C. Phaenomena D. Zodiac ______21. One of the brightest and best known Constellations in the sky. A. Taurus C. Hydra B. Orion D. Crux ______22. The largest Constellation. A. Taurus C. Hydra B. Orion D. Crux ______ 23. This constellation is usually pictures as Chiron the archer.

A. Scorpio C. Capricorn B. Sagitarrius D. Virgo ______ 24. This constellation represents Venus and her son Cupid. A. Scorpio C. Aquarius B. Sagitarrius D. Pisces ______ 25. This constellation appears at the time of the autumnal equinox when days and nights are equal. A. Virgo C. Aquarius B. Libra D. Pisces

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MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write EARTH if the statement is correct otherwise, write SCIENCE in the space provided. UNDERLINE the word/s that makes the sentence wrong.

_______ 26. As a star ages, its internal composition changes as a result of rising temperature. _______ 27. A nebula collapses on itself as a result of its high temperature. _______ 28. The largest asteroid discovered was Ceres, and is now known to be a dwarf planet. _______ 29. Compared to other stars, the Sun is best described as middle-aged. _______ 30. Convection is the process believed to be responsible for the transfer of energy in the uppermost part of the suns interior _______ 31. All asteroids are found between Mars and Jupiter. _______ 32. Shooting stars are really stars falling out of the sky. _______ 33. Comets are essentially dirty, snowy mud-balls in space. _______ 34. If a meteor hits the Earths surface, we change its name to a meteorite. _______ 35. A comets tail always points away from the Sun. _______ 36. A comet gets smaller each time it goes around the Sun. _______ 37. Asteroid Ida was discovered to have a moon. _______ 38. There are three general groups of meteorite. _______ 39. Old star shine with a brilliant bluish white resulting from their very high temperature. _______40. Neutron stars are the smallest stars. Identification: Identify the following terms described in the sentences. Write your answer in the space provided. _______________ 41. The first identified variable star. _______________ 42. The visible streak of light caused by an object as it enters Earths atmosphere. _______________ 43. He first claimed that Milky Way consisted of distant stars. _______________ 44. Brightest and most impressive meteor shower. _______________ 45. A massive gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust and dark matter. _______________ 46. A galaxy also known as Messier 31 _______________ 47. A star whose brightness varies periodically because it expands and contracts. _______________ 48. An exploding massive star that increase in brightness many thousands of time. _______________ 49. A massive star that has collapsed to such a small volume that its gravity prevents the escape of everything. _______________ 50. A collapsing cloud of gas and dust destined to become a star III.

III.B. Identify the following terms. Choose the terms on the box. Write your answer on the space provided before each number. Sunspots Comets Solar wind Convection Photosphere Electromagnetic waves Auroras Corona Prominences Chromosphere Eruptic Variable Cepheid variable Solar Flares Core Visible light

__________51. A stream of protons and electrons ejected at high speed from the solar corona. _________ 52. The innermost layer of the suns atmosphere. __________53. It is made up entirely of ionized gas and ten times as dense as iron. __________54. It is the term for the transfer of energy. __________55. Dark spot on the sun that is cool in contrast to the surrounding photosphere. __________56. Huge cloudlike structures consisting of chromospheric gases. __________57. The most violent of all solar disturbances. __________58. The result of the interaction between the solar wind and Earths magnetosphere. __________59. They are dusty chunk of ice that is known to have an elliptical orbit. __________60. They are very luminous stars with short periods of change that range from 1 to 100 days. __________61. They are stars with eruptions or flaring on the surface or interaction with other interstellar matter. __________62. It is the visible surface of the sun. __________ 63. It is a relatively thin, hot layer of incandescent gases a few thousand kilometers thick. __________ 64. Much of the energy given off from the photosphere is in what form? __________ 65. In the radiative zone, energy moves outward in what form? IV. ILLUSTRATION: Illuatrate the Life and Death of Massive Stars (10points).

Prepared by: Rose Mae Ann G. Lumanglas Instructor Approved by: Dr. Feliciana F. Adarlo Dean of Instructions