Boot Camp 3

What is an astronomical unit?

• The distance from the earth to the sun.

• The distance light travels in one year.

• The distance from the earth to the moon.

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What object becomes a meteor when it falls into the earth's atmosphere?

• Moons

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Star Fragments

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases
• eclipses
• stages
• cycle

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The spinning of the earth on its axis that causes day and night is called

• orbit.

• axis.

• rotation.

• revolution.

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The path of an object in space around another object is a(n)

• orbit.

• axis.

• rotation.

• revolution.

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The inner and outer planets are divided by...

• The asteroid belt
• The oort cloud
• The kuiper belt
• a fraction

Which planet has very visible rings?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Earth
• Neptune

Almost Earth’s twin in size and mass, this planet has very thick atmosphere.

• Venus
• Mars
• Mercury
• Neptune

What is meant by the term luminosity?

• Luminosity is the amount of energy generated in the star as electromagnetic radiation.

• Luminosity is how bright a star seems to an observer far away.

• Luminosity is the color at which a star burns.

• Luminosity is the determinant of whether a star is approaching an observer or receding,

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Apparent (magnitude) brightness is affected by a star's distance from Earth.

• False
• True