Stars distances

Why does the sun seem to be larger than all other stars?

• The sun is the largest star

• The sun farther away that other stars

• The sun is the oldest star we can see

• The sun is the closest star to Earth

Most distances in space and to stars outside of our solar system are measured using.....

• light-years

• astronomical units

• feet

• meters

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How bright a star looks to observers on Earth is its....

• true brightness

• apparent brightness

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

• They are actually much smaller
• They are so far away
• They are not as bright
• They are dwarf stars

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

The sun is a star about ________ kilometers away from Earth

• 60 thousand

• 22 trillion

• 150 million

• 4 billion

All of the stars in the sky are very far away from Earth.

• True
• False

A light year is the distance light travels in 1 day.

• True

• False

Light year is nearly ________ kilometers

• 10 billion

• 20 million

• 300

• 5