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Origin of the Earth
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Quiz on vocabulary based on the origin of the Earth, Sun, Solar System, Galaxies, and our Universe
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About how many stars are in a galaxy?
100 Million
100 Billion
1 Billion
10 Billion
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Which one of these is NOT a Gas Giant?
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Neptune
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What kind of a galaxy is the Milky Way?
Oval
Barrel
Irregular
Spiral
4
What is the process of Earth circling the sun called?
Earth's Spin
Earth's Course
Earth's Revolution
Earth's Rotation
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What is the process of the Earth turning on its axis called?
Earth's Course
Earth's Spin
Earth's Revolution
Earth's Rotation
6
What is this a picture of?
Nebula
Planets
Stars
Galaxies
7
True or False: The expansion of the universe is slowing down
True
False
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This started 13.7 billion years ago from a dense and hot singularity
A Supernova
The Big Crunch
The Black Hole
The Big Bang
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Who discovered the Doppler Redshift of galaxies, proving the expanding universe?
Einstein
Hawking
Galileo
Hubble
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Streams of fast moving, charged plasma state particles are called what?
Solar Winds
Nebula
Solar Flares
Photons
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This explosion is so extreme that very heavy elements are able to fuse together.
Supernova
Black Hole
Big Bang
Solar Flares
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The thermal radiation leftover from the Big Bang is called what?
Doppler Shift
Cosmic Microwave Background
Galactic Cosmic Background
Nebula
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What are the inner planets called?
Rocky Planets
First Four Planets
Terrestrial Planets
Dwarf Planets
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When a primary star begins to exhaust available hydrogen, it is going through this stage.
Red Giant
White Dwarf
Supernova
Fusion
