Unit 1 Week 1 Quiz
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- 1.
- A.
The universe consist of our planet and the other planets that orbit the sun
- B.
The universe is everything that exists
- C.
The universe is our galaxy and all of the stars we can see from earth
- D.
The universe has our galaxy along with 7 other galaxies
- 2.Mark all of the statements below that are correct
- A.
The Earth is one of 8 planets circling the sun
- B.
We can stimate that there are at least 100 billion billion stars
- C.
Our sun is a medium hot yellow star
- D.
The milky way is a spiral shaped galaxy
- 3.The milky way along with about how many other galaxies forms a cluster in space?
- A.
14
- B.
30
- C.
48
- D.
5
- 4.
- A.
The distance between the moon and the earth
- B.
The distance between the sun and mercury
- C.
The distance between the earth and venus
- D.
The distance between the earth and the sun
- 5.One AU is equal to
- A.
250 million miles
- B.
340 thousand miles
- C.
93 million miles
- D.
64 thousand miles
- 6.A light year is the distance light travels in a year
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.A light year is 4.9 million miles
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The Milky Way is 100,000 light years (l.y.) across
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Everything in the universe is moving
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The astronomer presented the first evidence to show that other galaxies existed outside our own in 1924
- A.
Neil Armstrong
- B.
George Ellary Hale
- C.
Edwin Hubble
- D.
Ejnar Hertzsprung
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