Our place in space

What is the Solar System?

• A galaxy containing many star systems

• A star system with planets, moons, and other celestial objects orbiting a star

• A group of stars without planets

• A single planet with moons

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many planets are in our Solar System?

• Five

• Eight

• Ten

• More than a hundred

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What are exoplanets?

• Planets that orbit the Sun

• Moons of planets in our Solar System

• Planets that orbit other stars, not our Sun

• Dwarf planets in the Solar System

What is the Milky Way?

• A newly discovered exoplanet

• A galaxy that includes the Solar System

• A comet passing through our Solar System

• A star in our Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is a galaxy cluster?

• A single galaxy with many planets

• A collection of comets orbiting a star

• A structure consisting of hundreds to thousands of galaxies

• A group of stars forming a constellation

What are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds?

• Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way

• Comets passing near Earth

• Nebulae within the Milky Way

• Names of dwarf planets

What is the Big Bang theory?

• A theory describing the development of galaxies

• A theory about the expansion of the universe from a singularity

• A theory about the end of the universe

• A theory explaining the orbits of planets

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

How far is our solar system from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?

• More than 1 million light years

• About 100,000 light years

• Less than 1,000 light years

• About 27,000 light years

What kind of planet is Kepler-186f considered to be?

• Similar to Earth

• A dwarf planet

• A super-Earth

• A gas giant

What is the estimated diameter of the observable universe?

• Approximately 93 billion light-years

• Over 200 billion light-years

• About 93 million light-years

• Nearly 13.8 billion light-years