Astronomy Final

What must be worn to view a solar eclipse

• You don't need anything special

• special eclipse glasses

• normal glasses work

• all of the above are fine

What planet is the smallest?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How old is the Earth?

• 2 million years

• 4.6 billon years

• 3.5 billion years

• 5 million years

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What determines how a star dies?

• Mass

• Hydrogen

• the years is shines

• planets near it

What is the second phase in the life of a star?

• Birth

• death

• main sequence

• nebula

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

A shooting star is actually a ________.

• mini planet

• comet

• asteroid

• meteor

Which constellation is considered the grandest?

• Bootes

• Orion

• Gemini

• Aurgia

Modern constellations came from the _____.

• Romans

• Indian

• Greeks

• Romans

Astronomy is the study of ______.

• Everything in space

• stars

• planets

• rockets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the difference planets and stars?

• planets are colder than stars

• planets shine light stars don't

• stars glow from planets

• stars are the center of the universe