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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The distance light can travel in one year is ______________
15,000 kilometers
1 light-year
15 Astronomical Units
6,000 miles
Which unit of measurement is used to measure distances within our solar system?
inches
kilometers
miles
Astronomical units
What unit of measurement is used to calculate distance in our universe?
astronomical units
kilometers
light years
parsecs
One light year is equal to:
12 million million kilometres
9.5 million million kilometres
5.5 million million kilometres
9 million kilometres
What is the time taken for the light to travel between the Sun and Earth?
4 minutes
8 minutes
12 minutes
2 minutes
a collection of stars around a gravitational center.
quasar
nebula
universe
galaxy
Which unit of measure would be used to measure the distance from our solar system to the center of the MIlky Way?
pc
ly
AU
km
Scientists use the light-year to describe the relationships between objects in space. What does a light-year measure?
the distance that light can travel in one year
the brightness of light that travels through space
the number of years it takes light to travel to Earth
the time it takes light to travel 1 million km
What is the distance of Andromeda Galaxy measured from the Earth?
1.7 million light years
2.2 million light years
28 million light years
Proxima Centauri is ______ light years away.
6.8
2.5
4.3
5.4
