Astronomy

The amount of time it takes light from the sun to reach Earth.

• 8 minutes and 20 seconds

• instantaneous

• 2 minutes and 19 seconds

• 4 hours and 36 minutes

• 2 days and 14 hours

It includes the sun and the planets and other smaller objects that remolve around the Sun.

• solar system

• galaxy

• orbit

• local cluster

• subsystem

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The average distance between the Earth and the sun.

• astronomical unit

• Earth-year

• Earth-unit

• event horizon

• standard distance

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Dominant feature of the inner planets

• rocky

• large

• not round

• gas atmosphere

• presence of liquid water

​ (a)   is the field of science that focuses on our solar system, stars and universe.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• Astronomy

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the study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere

• Environmental Science

• geology

• meteorology

• oceanography

• astronomy

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The distance light can travel in one year is ______________

• 15,000 kilometers

• 1 light-year

• 15 Astronomical Units

• 6,000 miles

What is Astronomy?

• The study of astrological signs.

• The study of Earth.

• It's space science.

• The study of all physical things beyond Earth.

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The North Star, named ​ (a)   , is almost directly above the North Pole.

• Polaris

• Sirius

The outer planets are known as the ____________.

• gas giants

• cold planets

• liquid planets

• dark giants

• cold giants