Quiz: The Scale of the Universe

The star at the center of our solar system.

• Sun
• moon
• orbit
• axis

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Known as the 'father of geography', this ancient Greek was the first deduce the circumference of Earth.

• Eratosthenes

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Hipparchus

Ancient Greeks used ___________ to deduce the distance from Earth to the Moon.

• Calculus

• Astrophysics

• Trigonometry/Geometry

• Astrology

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The galaxy we are a part of is called:

• Milky Way

• Andromeda

• Whirlpool

• Sombrero

From smallest to the largest

• universe, solar system, galaxy

• galaxy, solar system, universe

• solar system, universe, galaxy

• solar system, galaxy, universe

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The planet furthest from the Sun within our Solar System is ______.

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Earth

• Jupiter

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A large celestial body made of gases that emits light due to nuclear reactions is called -

• a galaxy
• a nebula
• a comet
• a star 

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Space and all the matter and energy in it. 

• Clusters
• Universe
• voids
• Light Year

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From smallest to the largest

• universe, solar system, galaxy, earth

• galaxy, solar system, earth, universe

• solar system, universe, galaxy, earth

• earth,solar system, galaxy, universe

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The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

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