Earth Science Astronomy part 1

Early telescopes showed stars as only points of light, while planets appeared to be much larger, providing evidence that stars must...

• be more plentiful in our solar system.

• travel in elliptical orbits like planets

• be much farther from Earth then planets.

• reflect much more light than planets.

The planet known for its Great Red Spot.

• Neptune

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

The planet known as the ringed planet

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Venus

• Mercury

The distance between stars is typically measured in

• light-years

• liometers

• astronomical units

• miles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Astronomers classify stars according to their

• distance from Earth.

• color, size, and absolute brightness.

• age and parallax.

• all of the above

The big bang theory explains the

• origin of the universe.

• life cycle of a star.

• Doppler effect.

• arrangement of constellations.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Earth and the rest of the solar system are located in the galaxy ___________________.

• Milky Way
• star
• Andromeda

What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?

• rover
• satellite
• space shuttle

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

What are the conditions in space?

• extreme temperatures, no atmosphere, microgravity, Ultraviolet radiation
• extreme temperatures, no atmosphere, microgravity, no radiation
• extreme temperatures, no atmosphere, macrogravity, Ultraviolet radiation
• extreme temperatures, no atmosphere, macrogravity, Radiation

In order to begin the structuring of the Universe, what was the first fundamental force to split off from the combined force.

• gravity

• electromagnetism

• the strong nuclear force

• the weak nuclear force