Unit #5 Test Practice: Astronomy (NOT HOMEWORK)

The largest single object in the solar system is ______.

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Earth

• The Sun

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The Milky Way galaxy is approximately _____ thousand light years in diameter.

• 1000

• 10

• 100

• 1

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Which statement best describes constellations?

• indecipherable so-called "patterns" that kinda make sense

• stars that are fairly close to each other

• patterns of stars that resemble animals and/or other objects

• pattern of stars in the night sky that reflects a culture

Solstices occur when the Sun reaches the highest & lowest position in the sky. This occurs

• about once a year.

• around March 21st & Sept. 21st.

• very rarely.

• around June 21st & Dec. 21st.

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Equinoxes occur (around March 21st & Sept. 21st) when the Sun appears to be directly

• over the Tropic of Capricorn.

• over the Tropic of Cancer.

• over the Equator.

• between the Earth & Moon.

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Earth's seasons are caused by

• the precession of Earth's axis.

• its distance from the Sun.

• wobbles in its orbit and axis of rotation.

• its tilt; revolution around the Sun, and spherical shape.

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The current model for the development of the universe.

• Big Bang Theory

• Solar Nebula Theory

• Theory of Relativity

• Evolution

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A cloud of gas and dust in space.

• Planet Rings

• Nebula

• Gas Planet

• Supernova

The Milky Way Galaxy can be seen from earth?

• True

• False

The force holding our galaxy together.

• Quantum Physics

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Sun

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