Space Science Quiz

What is a Solar Nebula?

• A rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas surrounding a young newly formed star.

• A star exploding and its powder staying in an area and then recreating another star.

• The observed displacement of an object caused by the change of the observer's point of view.

• A device used to form magnified images of distant objects.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What is a Protoplanetary Disk?

• A star exploding and its powder staying in an area and then recreating another star.

• A device used to form magnified images of distant objects.

• The observed displacement of an object caused by the change of the observer's point of view.

• A rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas surrounding a young newly formed star.

What does Parallax refer to in space science?

• A device used to form magnified images of distant objects.

• A rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas surrounding a young newly formed star.

• The observed displacement of an object caused by the change of the observer's point of view.

• A star exploding and its powder staying in an area and then recreating another star.

What is a Telescope?

• The observed displacement of an object caused by the change of the observer's point of view.

• A rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas surrounding a young newly formed star.

• A star exploding and its powder staying in an area and then recreating another star.

• A device used to form magnified images of distant objects.

What are comets primarily made of?

• Gas and stars

• Dust and ice

• Rock and metal

• Dark matter

What is an asteroid?

• A large object made of gas and dust

• A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun

• The average distance from Earth to the Sun

• A collection of billions of stars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What does the Astronomical Unit measure?

• The size of the Universe

• The distance from the Sun to the nearest galaxy

• The average distance from the Earth to the Sun

• The distance from the Earth to the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is a galaxy?

• A single star with planets orbiting it

• A large object made of ice and dust

• A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems

• The space between stars

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What does the Universe encompass?

• Only our Solar System

• The Milky Way galaxy

• Everything, including all of space, and all the matter and energy that space contains

• The collection of all asteroids

What is a Light-Year?

• The time it takes for light to travel in one Earth year

• The distance light travels in one Earth year

• The speed of light per second

• The time it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun

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