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Earth Science--Origin of the Universe
Earth Science--Origin of the Universe
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The densest planet in the Solar System:
Jupiter
Earth
Mercury
Mars
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The name of our galaxy is:
the solar system
the Milky Way
Rigel
Earth
3
Like Earth, this planet has white frozen polar ice caps:
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Venus
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This is the most iron rich planet in the Solar System with an iron core like Earth.
Venus
Saturn
Mercury
Neptune
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Which planet is going through an extreme greenhouse effect?
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth
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Most Scientists believe the moon come from:
billions of comets
a stray asteroid
the Earth
the Big Bang
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Name the planet in the picture?
Earth
Mercury
Neptune
Venus
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The name of our star system is:
Earth
the Milky Way
the sun
the solar system
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In the center of the Milky Way is:
a black hole
the sun
the moon
the Earth
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What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Earth
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The second planet from the Sun:
Mercury
Neptune
Uranus
Venus
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The largest planet in our solar system is:
Mercury
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
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The movement of the galaxies and their speed and direction were determined by:
high speed photography
observing fast movement of them by a rotating telescope
sonar
the Dopplar Effect
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What is the name of the planet shown above?
Pluto
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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The Big Bang Theory states that the universe:
was created by a huge explosion
always existed
has our Sun at its center
created by gravity pulling together the Solar System
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The scientist who developed the Big Bang Theory was:
Galileo
Edwin Hubble
Copernicus
Issac Newton
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The Earth and the planets of the solar system were formed by:
the Big Bang
evolution
the Solar Nebula being slowly pulled together by gravity
comets
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Edwin Hubble made observations about galaxies by using a:
giant telescope
microscope
spaceship
robot
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Galaxies are hard to observe because:
they are very far away
they do not give off light
it take many years for spaceships to travel to them
They are hidden by black holes
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All the galaxies in the universe are:
completely still
Moving around randomly in unpredictable directions
moving towards each other
Moving away from each other