ASTRO 7N EXAM 2 INTRODUCTION TO
ASTRONOMY ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACK
◉ Who among the following suggested that there might be life that
consists of or lives within "dark matter" or "dark energy" (which
actually make up far more of our universe than the atoms we are
used to)?
-physics professor Bernard Bates
-artist David Aguilar
-TV producer Darren Campo
-artist Wayne Barlowe
-author Nnedi Okorafor
Answer: TV producer Darren Campo
◉ Which of artist David Aguilar's hypothetical creatures does he
describe as suited to living on a tidally-locked planet — where one
side is always facing its sun, and the other side is in permanent
nighttime?
Answer: the moth-like "windcatchers"
,◉ If you wanted to design a form of animal life capable of living on
the very young Earth (about 4 billion years ago), which of these
gases would at that time be most plentiful for it to breathe?
Answer: carbon dioxide
◉ Which of the following features, debated by the various authors
and artists in your readings for this project as to whether or not it is
inevitable in animal evolution, appears in nearly all of David
Aguilar's illustrations of speculative extraterrestrial animals?
-resistance to the extreme cold
-bilateral body symmetry
-long sharp teeth
-the ability to fly
-ultraviolet vision
Answer: bilateral body symmetry
◉ How did David Aguilar illustrate his book, Alien Worlds?
Answer: Created models out of wood, plastic, and clay, photographed
them, and edited the photos using Photoshop.
◉ What vantage point is used to depict the "Skewers" living on the
planet Darwin IV?
Answer: an aerial vantage point
, ◉ Earth's camels were part of the design inspiration for which of
artist Wayne Barlowe's creatures of "Darwin IV"?
Answer: the "Sac-Back"
◉ Artist David Aguilar's _____ might have been able to live on Earth in
its more ocean-covered past, while Aguilar's _____ could be better
suited to live on a dried-up Earth of the distant future.
Answer: "Arrowheads" , "Cave Crawlers"
◉ Which of the following do several contributors in your reading
articles suggest is a good model of an intelligent "alien" species
already living on Earth?
Answer: octopus
◉ What are the three primary colors of light, and what happens
when they are combined?
Answer: Red, green, and blue are the primary colors and they can be
combined in different proportions to make any color of light that is
visible to the eye.
◉ Which of the following statements is false?
-The Hubble Space Telescope can detect ultraviolet light.
-Red glass allows only the red light to pass through.
ASTRONOMY ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACK
◉ Who among the following suggested that there might be life that
consists of or lives within "dark matter" or "dark energy" (which
actually make up far more of our universe than the atoms we are
used to)?
-physics professor Bernard Bates
-artist David Aguilar
-TV producer Darren Campo
-artist Wayne Barlowe
-author Nnedi Okorafor
Answer: TV producer Darren Campo
◉ Which of artist David Aguilar's hypothetical creatures does he
describe as suited to living on a tidally-locked planet — where one
side is always facing its sun, and the other side is in permanent
nighttime?
Answer: the moth-like "windcatchers"
,◉ If you wanted to design a form of animal life capable of living on
the very young Earth (about 4 billion years ago), which of these
gases would at that time be most plentiful for it to breathe?
Answer: carbon dioxide
◉ Which of the following features, debated by the various authors
and artists in your readings for this project as to whether or not it is
inevitable in animal evolution, appears in nearly all of David
Aguilar's illustrations of speculative extraterrestrial animals?
-resistance to the extreme cold
-bilateral body symmetry
-long sharp teeth
-the ability to fly
-ultraviolet vision
Answer: bilateral body symmetry
◉ How did David Aguilar illustrate his book, Alien Worlds?
Answer: Created models out of wood, plastic, and clay, photographed
them, and edited the photos using Photoshop.
◉ What vantage point is used to depict the "Skewers" living on the
planet Darwin IV?
Answer: an aerial vantage point
, ◉ Earth's camels were part of the design inspiration for which of
artist Wayne Barlowe's creatures of "Darwin IV"?
Answer: the "Sac-Back"
◉ Artist David Aguilar's _____ might have been able to live on Earth in
its more ocean-covered past, while Aguilar's _____ could be better
suited to live on a dried-up Earth of the distant future.
Answer: "Arrowheads" , "Cave Crawlers"
◉ Which of the following do several contributors in your reading
articles suggest is a good model of an intelligent "alien" species
already living on Earth?
Answer: octopus
◉ What are the three primary colors of light, and what happens
when they are combined?
Answer: Red, green, and blue are the primary colors and they can be
combined in different proportions to make any color of light that is
visible to the eye.
◉ Which of the following statements is false?
-The Hubble Space Telescope can detect ultraviolet light.
-Red glass allows only the red light to pass through.
