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Utah 6th grade science core astronomy #universe
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Which objects are ordered from smallest to largest?
Universe, Solar System, Galaxy, Moon, Earth, Sun
Moon, Earth, Sun, Solar System, galaxy, Universe
Moon, Sun, Galaxy, Solar System, Earth, Universe
Sun, Moon, Earth, Universe, Solar System, Galaxy
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A group of billions of stars in space is called what?
a nebula
a globular star cluster
google
a galaxy
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Which star does not move in our night sky?
Sirius
Regulus
Polaris
Proxima Centauri
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What do we use to measure great distances in space?
Miles
Astronomical units
Light years
Kilometers
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Constellations got their names by the ________ and ________ they looked like.
convex shapes, tessalations
spoons, moons
scientists, astronauts
people, animals
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Compared to the Universe, our galaxy is considered what size?
Medium sized
Quite large
Very small
About 1/2
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How is our Sun classified?
As a red dwarf
As a small galaxy
As a large planet
As a medium sized star
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What did ancient civilizations use to navigate at night?
GPS
Nebulae
Galaxies
Stars
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Ursa Minor, Scorpio, Bootes, and Hercules are all what:
Nebulae
Constellations
Globular Star Clusters
Galaxies
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How did early cultures know when to plant their crops?
By using a sundial
When the dirt turned a dark black color
When the chieftain told them to
By seeing different constellations of the Zodiac
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What do the stars in the night sky appear to move around?
Regulus, the Fierce Star
Sirius, the Brightest Star
Polaris, the North Star
Crux, the Southern Cross
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What is the name of our galaxy?
Cat's Eye
Andromeda
Polaris
Milky Way
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Compared to the Milky Way Galaxy, our Solar System is:
medium sized.
very, very tiny.
enormous.
quite large.
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Other galaxies look small because:
we look at them using a telescope.
they are a lot smaller than our galaxy.
they are so very far away.
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Where are the stars that we see all year long located?
In the Andromeda Galaxy
Near Orion
Hollywood
Over the North Pole
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What are light years used to measure the distance between?
Planets
Comets
Stars
Asteroids
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What star is our closest star neighbor?
Polaris
Proxima Centauri
Sirius
Aldebaran
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An object in space with so much gravity that not even light can escape from it is called what?
A Universe
a super massive galaxy
a black hole
a nebula
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Why can't people travel to the stars?
There might not be oxygen on the star.
Stars interrupt the navigation system of spaceships
The stars are so far away you would die before you got there
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How did constellations get their names?
The names were randomly chosen.
The IAU votes on the names.
They looked like people, animals, or objects.
