01.3 Organizing the Universe

Which of these would include Earth's Moon but not Jupiter's Moon?

• Planetary System

• Star System

• Interstellar Neighborhood

• Galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If giving your planetary address to an alien, you would say...

• 3rd planet from Sol

• 1st planet from Luna

• 7th planet towards the Star

• 3rd planet from Deneb

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

If giving your planetary address to an alien, you would say your local galactic group is inside the...

• Milky Way

• Local Interstellar group

• Virgo Supercluster

• 3rd planet from Deneb

If giving your planetary address to an alien, you would say your Interstellar Neighborhood is inside the...

• Perseus Arm of Andromeda

• Scutum-Centaurus Arm of the Milky Way

• Orion Spur of the Milky Way

• Magellian Clouds

If you cycle through the different distance scales, you find that everything...

• is crowded together

• is mostly empty

• is empty until you get to planets and stars.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What percentage of the atoms in the universe are hydrogen?

• 50%

• 75%

• 90%

• 25%

What percentage of the atoms in the universe are helium?

• 50%

• 7.5%

• 75%

• 25%

The diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy

• 9E10 Ly

• 1E8 Ly

• 1E7 Ly

• 1E5 Ly

The diameter of the observable universe.

• 9E10 Ly

• 1E8 Ly

• 1E7 Ly

• 1E5 Ly

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The emptiness between the nucleus and electrons of an atom are like the emptiness between...

• sun and neptune

• my soul and tacos

• earth and the moon

• sun and mercury

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2