Introduction to Space

What is the approximate percentage of the Earth that is illuminated by the Sun at any given time?

• 90%
• 10%
• 25%
• 50%

When the Earth is closest to the Sun and the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, we will be experiencing what season?

• Summer
• Fall (Autumn)
• Winter
• Spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The space program that involved humans walking on the Moon

• Mercury
• Gemini
• Voyager
• Apollo

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Force
• Motion
• Weight
• Gravity

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

The imaginary line running through the center of Earth.

• axis
• moon
• constellation
• orbit

The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.

• night and day
• constellations
• Earth's seasons
• the phases of the moon

Our galaxy is called the

• Earth Nebula
• The Hubble Galaxy
• The Milky Way
• The Snickers

Distance measurement used by astronomers for distant objects.

• Kilometers
• Light Years
• Miles
• Light Seconds

Place these objects in order from smallest to largest.

• Planets, solar system, universe, galaxy
• Solar system, planets, galaxy, universe
• Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe
• Galaxy, solar system, planets, universe