Cosmos and Our Solar System

Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

• The Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across

• The Universe is 13.7 billion years old

• The Moon is 1/80th the mass of the Earth

• Proxima Centauri is 4.2 light years from our Sun

• Jupiter is closer to the Sun than the Earth is

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Put the following in order from smallest to largest:

Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, solar system, Milky Way Galaxy

• solar system, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster

• Milky Way Galaxy, solar system, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster

• Virgo Supercluster, Local Group, Milky Way Galaxy, solar system

• Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Milky Way Galaxy, solar system

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Name the planets in order from closest to the sun to furthest.

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, Venus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

What is the unit of measure that is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun?

• miles

• kilometers

• astronomical unit

• light year

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What is the unit of measure that is the distance that light can travel in a single year?

• miles

• kilometers

• astronomical unit

• light year

The nearest star to our solar system is called ______ and is 4.2 light years away.

• Proxima Centauri

• Sirius

• Arcturus

• Barnard's Star

The name of the event that created the universe and caused it to expand

• Dark Matter

• Steady-State

• Big Bang

• Doppler Effect

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The largest astronomical structure we know of that contains all matter, all radiation, and encompasses all space

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

• cluster

The force of attraction between all masses.

• gravitational

• electromagnetic

• strong

• weak

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The Big Bang Theory explains the formation of the...

• Earth

• Sun

• Universe

• Solar System

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