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2022 Inv. 6 FOSS Beyond the Moon
2022 Inv. 6 FOSS Beyond the Moon
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What caused accretion of the Earth ejecta that formed our Moon?
electric force
gravity
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Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Earth
3
What do scientists believe our solar system started out as?
black hole
a galaxy
nebula
a disk
4
Our Sun and everything within its gravitational reach is called our
galaxy
universe
Milky Way
solar system
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Have we ever sent people to Mars?
yes
no
6
An enormous cloud of gas and dust is called
a nebula
a supernova
a galaxy
an accretion
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The theory of how the universe formed is called the
big bang theory
daughter theory
impact theory
sister theory
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The term orbit radius means
the time it takes an object to orbit another object
the distance between an object and what it orbits
the distance between 2 galaxies
the distance between Earth and the Sun
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Which represents the largest distance?
AU
meter
light-year
kilometer
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Which of the following is NOT in our solar system?
satellites
meteoroids
black holes
Sun
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Which of the following cannot be found in our galaxy
the Sombrero galaxy
the Alpha Centauri star system
Pluto
our Sun
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What shape is our galaxy?
spiral
elliptical
irregular
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The universe is
only solar systems
the Milky Way
the cosmos
all galaxies
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An astronomical unit (AU) is the distance
between the Sun and Mercury
between the Moon and Earth
between the Sun and Earth
that light travels in a year
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Where is the asteroid belt located in our solar system?
between Earth and Mars
out past Neptune
between Mercury and the Sun
between Mars and Jupiter
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True or false? Any object with mass exerts gravity on other objects with mass.
True
False
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Which is the currently accepted theory of how the moon formed?
Impact theory
Daughter Theory
Capture theory
Big Bang Theory
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Which is largest?
universe
solar system
galaxy
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Which item cannot be found in our solar system?
moon
planet
star
nebula
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If X and Y are the same age, with same # of impacts, which likely had fluid flowing over it?
Y
X
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Which is closest to the diameter of the Milky Way?
4 ly
1 km
100,000 ly
1 AU
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An object in motion goes in a straight line unless a force acts on it. Why is an orbit curved?
Gravity keeps changing the direction of the orbiting object.
Orbits don't follow the laws of physics.
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Accretion means
flinging
igniting
sticking together
pinching off
