Solar System, probes and telescopes

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

When were Voyager I and II launched?

• 1999

• 2010

• 1977

• 2022

What is the outermost part of our solar system?

• The Oort Cloud

• The Kuiper Belt

• The Asteroid Belt

• The Big Donut

How many times has The Parker Solar Probe orbited the sun, getting closer each time (within 3.9 million miles)?

• 24

• 5

• 1

• 100

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or False: The Hubble Space Telescope orbits Earth.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The Hubble Space Telescope has a mirror 2.7 meters in diameter. What kind of telescope is it?

• refracting

• reflecting

• infrared

• radiowaves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The Cassini probe was sent to this planet to do some pretty amazing maneuvers before diving into this planet's atmosphere.

• Neptune

• Pluto

• Saturn

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Stars come from the solar dust and gasses of a....

• neutron star

• stellar nebula

• black hole

• red dwarf

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Our Sun is a large size star compared to other stars in our galaxy.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The James Webb Space Telescope is located...

• in orbit around the sun

• in orbit around the Earth

• in the asteroid belt

• in the Grand Canyon