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SNC 1P Space Diagnostic: What Do You Know?
SNC 1P Space Diagnostic: What Do You Know?
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Opening Diagnostic on What You know about Space.
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What is a light year?
How far light travels in one year
How long it takes light to get from the Sun to Pluto
How long light takes to get from the Sun to Earth
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What is a constellation?
A group of stars making a pattern
A group of asteroids
A group of planets
A far away star
3
What's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite? (both bits of rock from space)
A meteor actually hits the Earth
Nothing, they are the same thing
A meteorite actually its the Earth
4
What country was the first to send a person in orbit (into space but not to the Moon)
England
Canada
USA
Russia
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What are the planets named after?
Greek Gods
Roman Gods
Historical Figures
Who discovered them
6
An object made of ice, orbits around the Sun and has a "tail" when seen in the night sky is a:
Planet
Moon
Asteroid
Comet
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What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky Way Galaxy
The Galaxy
Andromeda Galaxy
Solar System Galaxy
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What planet is closest to the Sun?
Neptune
Venus
Mercury
Earth
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What do you get when the Earth is between the Sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon?
The end of the world
Aurora Borealis
Lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse
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An object that orbits a planet is called a:
Moon
Asteroid
Star
Planet
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Who was the first man on the moon?
Lance Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
Chris Hadfield
Buzz Aldrin
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What makes Earth unique from the other planets in our Solar System?
Only one with an oxygen rich atmosphere
Only one with life that we know of
Only one with large amounts of liquid water
All of the above
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What is the biggest planet in our Solar System?
Earth
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
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What star is closest to Earth?
Andromeda
Betelgeuse
The Sun
Ceres
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Is there life somewhere else in space?
100%. There is life all over the universe that we know of.
No way. Earth is the only planet that will ever have life
Haven't found any yet, but it seems likely
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What makes a star different from a planet?
A star will never "die"
A star orbits the planets
There is only one in every solar system
It makes its own energy
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Which of the following planets is a "rocky" planet?
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
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How far has man actually physically traveled in space?
To the Sun
To the Moon
To the International Space Station
To Mars
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Which planet has rings around it?
All of the above (Uranus too)
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
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How many
planets
are there in our Solar System?
9
5
4
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