Candela Galore!

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  1. If a star's measured brightness at 2 light years is 16,000 candela, what would it be at 4 light years?
  2. Your answer:
    8,000 candela
    4,000 cd
    1,000 cd
    64,000 cd



  3. A star's measured brightness at 2 l-y is 16,000 cd (still). What would it be at 1 l-y?
  4. Your answer:
    32,000 cd
    20,000 cd
    64,000 cd
    160,000 cd



  5. How far away is the closest star to Earth?
  6. Your answer:
    About 4 light-years
    About 8 light-minutes
    About 15 light-hours
    Just over 250,000 miles



  7. What will happen to the light spectrum for the light from a galaxy moving away from Earth?
  8. Your answer:
    It stays about the same.
    It exhibits (shows) a blue shift.
    It exhibits a red shift.
    It gets very, very bright. But only at night.



  9. Who discovered the expanding universe and proposed the Big Bang Theory?
  10. Your answer:
    Henrietta Swan Leavitt
    Albert Einstein
    Christian Doppler
    Edwin Hubble



  11. How does the wavelength of a wave change as the source moves toward the observer?
  12. Your answer:
    It decreases.
    It increases
    It stays the same.
    It varies with the Cepheid altamoron.



  13. The reason the sun is brighter than other stars is because __________________ .
  14. Your answer:
    It is brighter than most other stars at the same distance.
    It's very close to Earth.
    It is hotter than most other stars.
    All of the above.



  15. How does a yard compare to a meter?
  16. Your answer:
    A yard is about 3 inches shorter.
    A meter is about 3 inches shorter.
    A meter is almost triple the size of a yard.
    There are 100 yards in a meter.



  17. How many decimeters are in a meter?
  18. Your answer:
    10
    one-tenth
    100
    one-hundredth



  19. What is the name for the prefix that means "one billionth"?
  20. Your answer:
    Milli-
    Micro-
    Giga-
    Nano-



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