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What do comets, asteroids and meteors all have in common?

• They all are made of ice

• They all hit Earth's surface

• They all orbit the sun

• They have nothing in common

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Why does the sun look small in the sky to us?

• It is 93,000,000 miles away

• It is smaller than Earth

• It is not very bright

• It travels around Earth

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True or False: The planets, moons, stars, and the Earth are all part of the universe.

• True

• False

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Why do the stars look so small from Earth?

• they are small (size)

• they aren't as bright 

• they are far away (distance)

What happens to brightness as distance increases?

• As distance increases, the brightness stays the same.

• As distance increases, the brightness increases.

• As distance increases, the brightness decreases.

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The distance that light travels in one year; about 9.46 trillion kilometers.

• Light Year

• Light Kilometer 

• Light Second 

• Warp Speed

Light Years are a measure of ______________.

• time

• speed

• distance

• light

After the Sun, which star is the next brightest?

• Nu² Lupi

• Tau Ceti

• Alpha Centauri A

About how many stars can we see from Earth at any one time without using telescopes, or other equipment?

• 50

• 500

• 5,000

• 50,000

Why do scientists usually use light-years instead of kilometers when describing the distances of stars?

• Stars are very close up, and kilometers are much bigger than light-years.

• Stars are very far away, and kilometers are much bigger than light-years.

• Stars are very close up, and light-years are much bigger than kilometers.

• Stars are very far away, and light-years are much bigger than kilometers.