Earth Science Astronomy Quiz - Review

It took over a billion years for the first life to appear on Earth and even longer for __________ life to appear.

more complex

The first life on Earth did not appear until several hundred million years after the formation of __________.

oceans and an atmosphere

Earth is unique among planets in the solar system because it has __________.

life

The sun is __________ to our existence.

essential

White light emitted from a source contains many __________ that correspond to different colors.

wavelengths

A spectroscopy telescope contains a __________ that separates light into all wavelengths.

prism

If white light passes through a gas, some __________ will be absorbed.

wavelengths

We call the unique wavelengths absorbed by gases __________ lines.

absorption

The sun could hold __________ Earth’s.

1 million

The interior of the sun is as hot as __________ degrees Celsius.

15,000,000

Galileo went blind because of his observations of the __________.

sun

The sun produces energy through __________ fusion.

nuclear

Low mass stars lose mass and become a __________ after the Main Sequence phase.

Red Giant

Medium mass stars become __________ stars after a supernova.

Neutron

Large Mass Stars that are 30 times the size of our sun can ultimately turn into a __________ after a supernova.

black hole