Stars appear as small points of light in the sky because?

They are so much futher away than the sun

We see planets at different times and in different places in the sky because.

like Earth, the other planets orbit the sun

Since Jupiter is gaseous, What method could scientist use to collect info about its surface?

Send probes to relay data from the surface of Jupiter

Why would astronomers use a space probe instead of a telescope, to study space?

Probes send data back to Earth for scientist to study.

If the Earth was not tilted on it's axis, what would you expect to happen?

We would not have seasons like we do now

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1
Stars appear as small points of light in the sky because?
They are so much smaller than the sun
They are so much futher away than the sun
Their light is lessened by our atmosphere
They are so much dimmer than the sun
2
Which planet is closer to the sun in our solar system?
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
3
Which planet in the solar system is the largest
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
4
Which factor has the biggest impact on Earth's seasons?
Earth's elliptical orbit
Earth's tilt on its axis
Earth's revolution
Earth's distance from the sun
5
Planets which can be seen with the naked eye willnot be visible at the same time because
They have different moons
They have different shapes
They have different orbits
They have different sizes
6
In which phase is the full illuminated face of the Moon visible on Earth?
Full Moon
New Moon
Waning gibbous
Waxing crescent
7
Which example would be MOST LIKE the motion of the Earth that causes day and night?
Skier
Someone pushing another person on a swing
Ice Skater
Bouncing a ball
8
In a comparison of the sun, earth, and moon, the largest to smallest is
sun, moon, earth
sun, earth, moon
moon, earth, sun
earth, sun, moon
9
We see planets at different times and in different places in the sky because.
the other planets have much larger orbits than Earth
The planets are orbiting around Earth
Earth is moving in a different direction than other planets
like Earth, the other planets orbit the sun
10
Since Jupiter is gaseous, What method could scientist use to collect info about its surface?
Study the surface from the moon, since it is close to jupite
Send astronauts to collect rock samples from the surface
Study the surface of Jupiter from Earth using telescopes
Send probes to relay data from the surface of Jupiter
11
Compared to all the other planets in our solar system, how would you describe mercury?
The planet closest to the sun
The planet closest to Earth
The largest planet
about the same size as Earth
12
The Earth rotates from ___ to ___ giving rise to the apparent motion of the sun each day
north to south
south to north
west to east
east to west
13
Why would astronomers use a space probe instead of a telescope, to study space?
Probes send data back to Earth for scientist to study.
Probes can take scientist to other planets; telescopes can't
Probes use travel through space faster than light
Probes send back much better images than telescope
14
Star light, star bright, how bright a star appears to us on Earth depends MAINLY on
The Star's distance from Earth
The composition of the star
Your position on Earth
The age of the star
15
If the Earth was not tilted on it's axis, what would you expect to happen?
We would not have seasons like we do now
Days would be shorter than 24 hours
There would be no day and night, just days
A year would be longer than 365 days
16
Planets are much ______ than stars
bigger
hotter
farther away from Earth
smaller

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