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Grade 9 The Moon
Which phase of the Moon is this? The visible part of the Moon is represented by the white.
Moon Phase - Waning Gibbous
  1. waxing crescent
  2. waning crescent
  3. waning gibbous
  4. waxing gibbous
Grade 9 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
How are comets formed?
  1. They were formed when the solar system was formed.
  2. The planets' gravity pull them in and they start orbiting the sun.
  3. They are smaller portions of meteorites.
  4. They are smaller portions of asteroids.
Grade 9 Universe
How long ago did the Big Bang happen?
  1. 10,000 years ago
  2. 13.7 billion years ago
  3. 13.7 million years ago
  4. 13.7 trillion years ago
Grade 9 Stars
What is the actual brightness of a star called?
  1. Apparent magnitude
  2. Absolute magnitude
  3. Absolute intensity
  4. Apparent intensity
Grade 9 Stars
Which type of star is the Sun?
  1. black hole
  2. black dwarf
  3. main sequence
  4. red giant
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
If the winter solstice occurs the first weekend we are out for winter break, what will also be true about that day?
  1. It will be the shortest day of the year.
  2. The Sun will rise at its most southeastern point.
  3. The Sun's zenith will be at its lowest point of the year.
  4. All of the above.
Grade 9 Universe
What is a light-year?
  1. 365 days
  2. distance light travels in a year
  3. distance from the Sun to Earth
  4. amount of light produced by the Sun in a year
Grade 9 Stars
What is a supernova?
  1. explosion of a small star
  2. explosion of a medium star
  3. explosion of a massive star
  4. collapsing of a nebula
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
Earth rotates on its axis from                .
  1. north to south
  2. south to north
  3. west to east
  4. east to west
Grade 9 Universe
What is the leading explanation about how the universe began?
  1. Multiverse Theory
  2. Big Bang Theory
  3. Hubble Theory
  4. Interstellar Medium
Grade 9 Universe

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From right to left, the Hubble sequence shows                                            .
  1. elliptical, lenticular, and spiral galaxies
  2. spiral, lenticular, and elliptical galaxies
  3. elliptical, irregular, and spiral galaxies
  4. spiral, irregular, and elliptical galaxies
Grade 9 Universe
The theory that proposes that the universe originated as a singularity, which subsequently exploded and expanded to form the universe.
  1. Magnitude Theory
  2. Milky Way Galaxy Theory
  3. Big Bang Theory
  4. Black Hole Theory
Grade 9 Stars
A low mass star will end its life as which of the following?
  1. Red Dwarf
  2. Red Giant
  3. Black Dwarf
  4. Brown Dwarf
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