QUIZ 4 BIO 1436 FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
READING 69 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
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the radiation it's emitting - CORRECT ANSWER Under normal conditions; the
inward pull of gravity on a star is counterbalanced by
spiral - CORRECT ANSWER What type of galaxy is the Milky Way Galaxy (our
galaxy)?
are primarily groupings of stars based upon the human imagination - and not
actual groupings - CORRECT ANSWER The constellations:
makes us special because we are the part of the universe that is becoming
conscious of itself. - CORRECT ANSWER According to the authors of the text, our
modern understanding of the universe:
True - CORRECT ANSWER When our sun becomes a red giant, the earth's
atmosphere will be "blown away" and the oceans will boil away.
the night sky faces in opposite directions in summer and winter - CORRECT
ANSWER Summer and winter constellations are different because
quasars - CORRECT ANSWER The most energetic galaxies in the universe are
known as:
, billions - CORRECT ANSWER Typical galaxies contain _______ of stars
elements, molecule - CORRECT ANSWER When one carbon atom combines with
two oxygen atoms to produce carbon dioxide, the carbon and oxygen atoms
constitute ____, whereas the carbon dioxide they produce is called a/an _______.
(You may have to look up the definition of the terms below elsewhere in the text
to answer the question.)
False - CORRECT ANSWER Individual atoms have been photographed in visible
light.
Protons - CORRECT ANSWER In an electrically neutral atom, the number of
electrons always equals the number of:
protons and electrons - CORRECT ANSWER Which two particles in an atom have
equal, but opposite, electrical charges?
the same age - CORRECT ANSWER Compared to the atoms that make up the body
of an elderly person, the atoms that make up the body of a newborn baby are:
the fact that electrons can only occur at certain, precise distances from the
nucleus - and nowhere in between those set distances - CORRECT ANSWER The
Stair analogy that the authors of the Foos text use when discussing the Bohr atom
is intended to illustrate:
hydrogen - CORRECT ANSWER What is the lightest atom that makes up 90% of the
atoms in the known universe?
READING 69 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025/2026
the radiation it's emitting - CORRECT ANSWER Under normal conditions; the
inward pull of gravity on a star is counterbalanced by
spiral - CORRECT ANSWER What type of galaxy is the Milky Way Galaxy (our
galaxy)?
are primarily groupings of stars based upon the human imagination - and not
actual groupings - CORRECT ANSWER The constellations:
makes us special because we are the part of the universe that is becoming
conscious of itself. - CORRECT ANSWER According to the authors of the text, our
modern understanding of the universe:
True - CORRECT ANSWER When our sun becomes a red giant, the earth's
atmosphere will be "blown away" and the oceans will boil away.
the night sky faces in opposite directions in summer and winter - CORRECT
ANSWER Summer and winter constellations are different because
quasars - CORRECT ANSWER The most energetic galaxies in the universe are
known as:
, billions - CORRECT ANSWER Typical galaxies contain _______ of stars
elements, molecule - CORRECT ANSWER When one carbon atom combines with
two oxygen atoms to produce carbon dioxide, the carbon and oxygen atoms
constitute ____, whereas the carbon dioxide they produce is called a/an _______.
(You may have to look up the definition of the terms below elsewhere in the text
to answer the question.)
False - CORRECT ANSWER Individual atoms have been photographed in visible
light.
Protons - CORRECT ANSWER In an electrically neutral atom, the number of
electrons always equals the number of:
protons and electrons - CORRECT ANSWER Which two particles in an atom have
equal, but opposite, electrical charges?
the same age - CORRECT ANSWER Compared to the atoms that make up the body
of an elderly person, the atoms that make up the body of a newborn baby are:
the fact that electrons can only occur at certain, precise distances from the
nucleus - and nowhere in between those set distances - CORRECT ANSWER The
Stair analogy that the authors of the Foos text use when discussing the Bohr atom
is intended to illustrate:
hydrogen - CORRECT ANSWER What is the lightest atom that makes up 90% of the
atoms in the known universe?
