Space

Our sun is located in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The approximate distance from the center of the galaxy to our Sun is:

• 1,000 Light Years

• 2,600 Light Years

• 100,000 Light Years

• 260,000 Light Years

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In this layer of the atmosphere, which is the coldest, meteors burn up and radio waves are reflected to Earth.

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• exosphere

This is the hottest layer of the atmosphere and where auroras occur.

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

The outermost layer of the atmosphere where satellites orbit.

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

A _________________ is the blocking of the Sun's light that occurs during a new moon when the moon's shadow falls on earth.

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• umbra

• penumbra

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A _______________ is the blocking of sunlight to the moon; occurs when the moon passes through earth's shadow.

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• umbra

• penumbra

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When less than half of the moon is bright/lit up from our vantage point.

• Crescent Moon

• Gibbous Moon

• Half Moon

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling

• waxing

• waning

• disappearing

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Which term describes the motion of the planets around the sun?

• rotation

• revolution

• completion

• galaxy

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The process of Earth spinning on its axis is referred to as

• revolution

• ionization

• rotation

• ellipse

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