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The star at the center of our solar system.

• Sun
• moon
• orbit
• axis

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A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star.

• planet
• moon
• star
• super nova

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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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A ....... is the distance that light travels through space in one year.

• Meter

• Year

• light year

• kilometer

The most commonly accepted theory that explains the beginning of our known universe is the -

• Theory of Evolution
• Big Bang Theory
• Cell Theory
• Blackhole theory

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The age of the universe:

• 23 billion years

• 1.4 billion years

• 4 billion years

• 14 billion years

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Why does the sun appear to be the largest star in the sky?

• It is far away
• It is very big
• It is the closest star to earth
• It is a planet

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Visible light emitted from a star or galaxy can be separated into a band of colors, called a ________.

• Spectrum (or spectral lines)

• Microwave

• Radiation

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How does Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation support the Big Bang Theory?

• Microwaves are found everywhere in the universe.

• Microwaves occurred at the time of the Big Bang

• Microwaves are useful in our everyday lives

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What does the Big Bang theory suggest?

• The universe was just there
• The Milky Way is the only solar system
• The universe is continually expanding
• The universe is collapsing in toward a single point

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