Quiz about Test Review: Gravity, Galaxies, Seasons, Tides

Question 1

Any object with mass has gravity.

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True

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Sometimes

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False

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Never

Question 2

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity

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Decreases

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Increases

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Stays the same

Question 3

The amount of matter in an object is

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mass

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pressure

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weight

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force

Question 4

Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

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mass and distance

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mass and matter

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distance and weight

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weight and mass

Question 5

Galaxies are composed of (best answer)

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stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

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stars

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stars and gas

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stars, dust, and gas

Question 6

The Milky Way Galaxy is a

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spiral

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lenticular

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elliptical

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irregular

Question 7

Distance measurement used by astronomers for distant objects.

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Light Years

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Kilometers

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Miles

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Light Seconds

Question 8

What type of galaxy is this?

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Spiral

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Elliptical

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Irregular

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Irrational

Question 9

How many stars are in a galaxy.

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millions or billions

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thousands

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hundreds

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Ten

Question 10

Place these objects in order from smallest to largest.

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Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe

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Planets, solar system, universe, galaxy

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Solar system, planets, galaxy, universe

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Galaxy, solar system, planets, universe

Question 11

The force of attraction between all things that have mass

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Gravity

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Weight

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Friction

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Air Resistance

Question 12

Which has more mass, Earth or the Moon?

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Earth

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Moon

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The same

Question 13

As the distance between 2 objects increases, what happens to gravitational force?

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It decreases.

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It increases.

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It stays the same.

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Only Mr. Silvio knows what will happen.

Question 14

As mass increases, what happens to the gravitational force?

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It increases.

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It decreases.

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It stays the same.

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It acts as a 3rd degree derivative function.

Question 15

What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

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gravity

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friction

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density

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distance

Question 16

A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on the Earth because . . .

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Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity

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Jupiter has less mass, and therefore more gravity

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Jupiter has more mass, and therefore less gravity

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Jupiter has less mass and therefore less gravity

Question 17

A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line.

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spring

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high

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low

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neap

Question 18

Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

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Moon

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Sun

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Saturn

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Venus

Question 19

What happens when there is a spring tide

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High tides and very low tides

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Short Tides and semi-short tides

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low tides and medium tides

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small tidal ranges

Question 20

How many hours does the Earth take to complete one rotation?

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24 hours

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48 hours

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365 hours

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1 hour

Question 21

Objects with higher mass have _______.

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stronger gravitational pull

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weaker gravitational pull

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no gravitational pull

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ability to float in space

Question 22

Which System exerts a stronger gravitational force on a nearby object?

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System A

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System B

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Neither, the objects are too small to exert a noticeable gravitational force.

Question 23

What is the term for the longest and shortest days of the year?

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Solstices

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Equinoxes

Question 24

What are the two days of the year when the day and night are of equal length?

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Equinoxes

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Solstices

Question 25

The spinning movement of a celestial body's axis is called __________.

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rotation

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revolution

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seasons

Question 26

The Earth takes approximately _____ to revolve once around the Sun.

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365 days

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24 hours

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30 days

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6 months

Question 27

In the Southern Hemisphere, at position C it would be _____.

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Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 28

In the Northern Hemisphere, at position A, it would be _____.

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Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 29

In the Southern Hemisphere, at position A, it would be _____.

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Winter

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Summer

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Spring

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Fall

Question 30

We experience seasons due to...

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Earth's tilt and revolution

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Earth's tilt and rotation

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Earth's rotation and revolution

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None of the above

Question 31

The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.

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23.5

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25.3

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30.2

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24

Question 32

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

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It is winter.

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It is summer.

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It is spring.

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It is fall.

Question 33

The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

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axis

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vernal equinox

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solar eclipse

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solar flare

Question 34

At position A, in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?

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Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 35

What is an Equinox

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Equal day and night

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Full tilt toward sun

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Full tilt away from sun

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Shortest day

Question 36

At position D in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?

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Spring

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Summer

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Winter

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Fall

Question 37

Which  of the following best describes the tilt of the earth during the spring and fall equinoxes?

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The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun (tilt is side to side)

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The earth is tilted away from the sun (Northern hemisphere)

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The earth is tilted toward the sun (Northern hemisphere)

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The earth is not tilted during spring and fall

Question 38

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 4?

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Fall

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Winter

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Spring

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Summer

Question 39

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?

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Winter

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Spring

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Summer

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Fall

Question 40

Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

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Moon

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Sun

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Saturn

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Venus

Question 41

What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

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neap tide

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full moon tide

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new moon tide

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spring tide

Question 42

What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

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spring tide

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neap tide

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new moon tide

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full moon tide

Question 43

Tides are caused by

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the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.

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strong winds that blow over ocean waters.

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the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.

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variations in the salinity of ocean water

Question 44

What type of galaxy is this?

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Irregular

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Spiral

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Elliptical

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Irrational

Question 45

What type of galaxy is this?

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Elliptical

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Spiral

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Irregular

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Irrational

Question 46

The type of galaxy that is composed of the older stars and low-mass stars.

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Elliptical

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Spiral

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Irregular

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Constellation

Question 47

What type of galaxy has no defined pattern or shape?

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Irregular

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Spiral

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Elliptical

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Constellation

Question 48

What are the the 3 types of galaxies?

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Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies

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Spiral Galaxies, Regular Galaxies, and Lliptical Galaxies

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Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Spiral Galaxies

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Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Irregular Galaxies

Question 49

What type of galaxy is this?

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Irregular

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Spiral

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Elliptical

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Irrational

Question 50

What is the name of our galaxy?

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Our galaxy is called the Milky Way galaxy

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Our
galaxy is called the Andromeda galaxy

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Our
galaxy is called the Grand spiral  galaxy.

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Our galaxy is called the Whirlpool galaxy.

Question 51

What are in galaxies?

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dust, gas, and stars

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ice and rock

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stars and ice

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water and dust

Question 52

A _____ is body made of gas, held together by gravity and generates light by nuclear fusion.

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star

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galaxy

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nebula

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black hole

Question 53

A solar system is a system

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made up of a star and all the objects that travel around it.

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in which only planets travel around a star.

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that includes only the sun, Earth, and moon.

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that includes a star, planets, and their moons.

Question 54

Which planet has the most gravity?

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Jupiter

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Mars

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Earth

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Neptune

Question 55

A star and the celestial objects that orbit it.

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Solar System

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Galaxy

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Planet

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Cosmos

Question 56

Why does the Earth not get pulled into the sun?

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because the Earth revolves around the sun too quickly to be pulled into the Sun

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because the sun revolves around the Earth

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because the Earth revolves around the sun too slowly to be pulled into the sun

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because of the moon

Question 57

How many stars are in our Solar System?

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1

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Billions

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5,000

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8

Question 58

Which of these planets is the farthest from the sun?

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Neptune

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Mercury

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Earth

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Jupiter

Question 59

What is the thing that makes the planets orbit

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Sun

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Jupiter

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Neptune

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God

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