Pathways to Astronomy 5Th Edition By Steven Schneider – Test Bank

Pathways to Astronomy 5Th Edition By Steven Schneider – Test Bank

Part 5 Test Bank – Galaxies and the Universe
The band of the Milky Way, visible at night…

1. The band of the Milky Way, visible at night in dark locations, implies that we live in a galaxy of stars with the shape of a
A. sphere.

B. flattened sphere.

C. disk.

D. straight bar.

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Part 5
Section: 71.01
Subtopic: Shape and Size of the Milky Way
Subtopic: Structure of the Milky Way
Topic: The Milky Way Galaxy
Unit: 71

Shapley, in order to understand the shape of…

2. Shapley, in order to understand the shape of our galaxy, used _______.
A. open clusters

B. stellar associations

C. globular clusters

D. black holes
They are in a halo around the Milky Way’s core.

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Part 5
Section: 71.03
Subtopic: Shape and Size of the Milky Way
Subtopic: Star Clusters
Topic: The Milky Way Galaxy
Unit: 71

\\Our galaxy is roughly _____ across.

3. Our galaxy is roughly _____ across.
A. 50,000 lyr

B. 10,000 lyr

C. 100,000 lyr

D. 20,000 lyr
Our galaxy is a Spiral Barred galaxy of moderate size.

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Part 5
Section: 71.03
Subtopic: Shape and Size of the Milky Way
Topic: The Milky Way Galaxy
Unit: 71

The sun is found in the ____ of the galaxy.

4. The sun is found in the ____ of the galaxy.
A. bulge

B. halo

C. core

D. disk
About 25,000 lyr (~8 kpc) from core.

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Part 5
Section: 71.04
Subtopic: Structure of the Milky Way
Topic: The Milky Way Galaxy
Unit: 71

Our Milky Way has spiral arms.

5. Our Milky Way has spiral arms.
TRUE

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Part 5
Section: 71.04
Subtopic: Origin of Galactic Arms
Subtopic: Structure of the Milky Way
Topic: The Milky Way Galaxy
Unit: 71

The core of our Milky Way is in the constel…
6. The core of our Milky Way is in the constellation Libra.
FALSE

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Part 5
Section: 71.03
Subtopic: Structure of the Milky Way
Topic: The Milky Way Galaxy
Unit: 71