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A meteoroid that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere is called a(n)
Asteroid
Meteor
Meteoroid
Meteorite
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Planet which is nearest to sun is
mercury
Earth
Mars
Venus
3
What is the big bang theory, scientifically?
an explosion of a sun in space
a supernova
The rapid expansion of energy that formed the universe
a tv show
4
Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere. People often call these shooting stars.
False
True
5
A major object which orbits around a star
Galaxy
Planet
Comet
Solar Sytem
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A small icey body of dust & rock, AKA dirty snowball
meteor
asteroid
meteorite
comet
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These are naturally occurring objects that orbit planets within our Solar System.
Dwarf Planets
Natural Satellites
Moon
Asteroids
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The asteroid belt separates what?
Inner & Outer Planets
The Milky Way
Mars & Earth
Gas Planets from Terrestrial Planets
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A quasar is a very bright, star-like center of some galaxies.
True
False
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What creates seasons on planets?
How many green house gases there is in the atmosphere
Santa Clause
The tilt of the planets axis & revoluton
How close they are to the star
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Cosmic Background Radiation
Came from a supernova
Came from the initial Big Bang
None of the above
Came from the explosion of a star
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The following elements were created as a result of the Big Bang. There was an abundance.
Hydrogen and Helium
Hydrogen and Nitrogen
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Hydrogen and Oxygen
13
The distance that light travels in one year in a vacuum
9.5 billion kilometers
300,000 km/sec
300,000,000 km/sec
9.5 trillion kilometers
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Earth takes 24 hours to complete one
rotation
revolution
year
season
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These are qualities of a terrestrial planet....
They are very large
They are made of solid rock
They are all spread apart from one another
They are close to the sun
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In 1964 radiation left over from the Big Bang was discovered accidentally by...
Penzias & Wilson
Charlotte & Wilber
Hubble & Bubble
Jaisle & Sutzko
17
The study of the universe as a whole is called
Astrology
Cosmetology
Cosmology
Astronomy
18
How many natural satellites does Earth have?
2
54
1
3
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large explosion that takes place at the end of a star's life cycle
supernova
black hole
quasars
galaxy
20
An objects rotation is...?
Time to launch artificial satellites
Time the object takes to spin on its axis once = 1 day
Candy Bar
Time required for the object to go around other objects once
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An AU is used to measure...
Distance between artificial satellites
Distance from stars to planets
How large galaxies are
Distance from planet to planet
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A large assemblage of stars held together by gravitational attraction
universe
comet
solar system
galaxy
23
The Solar System happened
4.6 million years ago
4.6 billion years ago
13.7 million years ago
13.7 billion years ago
24
A planets revolution is....?
Time needed for a planet to go around a star one time = 1yr
Time needed for an animal to develop new traits
Ice cream
Time needed for the planet to spin one full time on its axis
25
A thick layer of gases around earth is called
lithosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
26
The 4 planets closest to the sun are known as?
Natural Satellites
Large and in charge
Interstellar's
Terrestrial Planets
27
Scientist can study movement in space through
measuring gravity
None of the above
All of the above
measuring light
28
What type of galaxy contains old, bright stars?
Elliptical
Irregular
Peculiar
Spiral
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Huge rocks which revolve around a star are called
asteroids
meteorites
stars
meteors
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Dark Energy...
Works against gravity & is more than 50% of the universe
Makes up 23% of all of the universe
Causes the universe to contract
Works with the force of gravity
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are regarded as
smaller planets
bigger planets
outer planets
inner planets
32
Distance of sun from earth is nearly
120 million km
50 million km
150 million km
100 million km
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A huge mass of very hot gases is called
planets
meteorite
asteroid
stars
34
This is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Neptune
Earth
Venus
Mercury
35
This is how many planets are in our solar system?
2
8
9
7
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Pluto was discontinued to be regarded as a major planet in 2006 due to its
revolution
rotation
because its a dogs name
dwarf size
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Edwin Hubble discovered
The modern telescope
the most distant galaxies show the greatest red shift
the most distant galaxies show the greatest blue shift
cosmic background radiation
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The Big Bang happened
10 billion years ago
13.7 billion years ago
13.7 million years ago
14 trillion years ago
39
The 4 outer Planets are mostly made of?
Solid rock
Green cheese
Gases
Steam and smoke
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a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
Constitution
Cosmo
Constellation
Concealer
