Exploring the Universe

The _____________ hold 99% of the mass in the solar system.

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

• Mercury

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All galaxies in the universe share one basic characteristic, that they were formed by ___________________.

• Rotation

• Comets

• Gravity

• Sun

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What is the basic shape of every planet's orbit?

• Spiral

• Round

• Spherical

• Elliptical

Why have scientists no longer consider Pluto to be a planet?

• Definition of a planet has changed

• Too large

• To far away

• Doesn't orbit the sun

The moon orbits around ______________.

• Vernus

• Sun

• Earth

• Mars

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The Milky Way is one of hundreds of ____________.

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Galaxies

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When it is ______________ in the United States, Earth is closest to the Sun.

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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Daylight hours are shorter for the hemisphere that is tilted _________ from the Sun during solstice.

• Toward

• Away

• Northernly

• Southernly

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A lunar eclipse can only occur during which type of moon phase?

• Full Moon

• Half Moon

• Quarter Moon

• Cresent Moon

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During which phase is just the Western half of the Moon lit?

• Fourth quarter

• Third quarter

• Second quarter

• First quarter

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