Astronomy B Final

An astronomical unit is...

• The average distance between the Earth and the Sun

• The average distance between the Sun and Neptune

• The diameter of the sun

• The time it takes light to travel across our solar system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The distance that light can travel in a year is called....

• A light second

• A light minute

• A light month

• A light year

A light year is approximately.....

• 59,987,812 kilometers

• 8,522,846,507 kilometers

• 9,460,730,472,581 kilometres

• 377,160,825,209,412,592 kilometers

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This geometrically derived unit equals about 3.26 light years

• Astronomical Unit

• Light year

• Parsec

• Light second

When the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun, it is —

• Winter in both hemispheres

• Summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere

• Winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere

• Fall in both hemisphers

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Select the order from smallest to largest.

• Sun, Milky Way, solar system, universe
• Sun, Milky Way, universe, solar system
• Sun, solar system, Milky Way, universe
• Sun, solar system, universe, Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

People in the Northern Hemisphere see the same constellations as the people in the Southern Hemisphere.

• True

• False

What constellation is this?

• Pegasus
• Andromeda
• Hercules
• Cassiopeia

The sky is divided into ____ constellations.

• 11
• 22
• 44
• 88

What constellation has the Little Dipper as part of its pattern?

• Ursa Minor
• Ursa Major
• Polaris
• Andromeda