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What are the sun’s inner layers in order? (inner to more outer)
radiative zone ,convection zone, core
convection zone, radiative zone, and core
core, radiative zone, and convection zone
core, convection zone, and radiative zone
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Stars are mostly composed of:
hydrogen and helium
rocks and other solids
oxygen
liquid
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What do you call the spinning of earth in its axis?
equinox
a spin
rotation
revolution
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What does a light year measure:
time
brightness
volume
distance
5
What is a young galaxy with a black hole in its center:
Quasar
irregular
spiral
elliptical
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What is the movement of one object around the other?
equinox
Revolution
a spin
rotation
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when the sun appears farthest north of the equator once each year and farthest south
rotation
an equal night
equinox
Solstice
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What do we call the inner planets?
gas giants
Terrestrial planets,
rock planets.
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What system did aristarchus develop?
a planet
The heliocentric system
10
In which part of the sun does nuclear fusion take place
core
corona
chromosphere
convection layer
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What is a maria:
rock and ice bodies
dark flat areas formed from volcanic rock
solid inner core of a comet
thin disk of rock particles
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What is a pulsar:
remains of high mass stars
an object with strong gravity light cannot escape
blue white core of a star
Spinning neutron stars
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What is a prominence?
Huge loops of gas
areas of gas on the sun’s surface
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What is a supernova:
sunspot
a star
an explosion
prominence
15
eclipse occurs when there is a full moon when earth is directly between the moon and the sun:
Lunar eclipse,
penumbra
solar eclipse
umbra
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Which of the following is the largest:
solar systen
star
planet
galaxy
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Which moon phase shows all of the moon?
new moon
waning crescent
waxing cresent
Full moon
18
In a solar eclipse, what would be the darkest part of the moon's shadow?
Umbra
lunar eclipse
penumbra
solar eclipse
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What is the core of the sun:
the central region of the sun
remains of high mass stars
Spinning neutron stars
an object with strong gravity light cannot escape
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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion is called:
weight
force
inertia
gravity
