Question 1

Explain the difference between a galaxy and a solar system.

Accepted Answer

The Solar System is your local

Question 2

What did the International Astronomical Union classify Pluto as in 2006?

Accepted Answer

A)  asteroid 
B)  comet 
C)  planet 
D)  dwarf planet 
E)  meteor 
A)  asteroid 
B)  comet 
C)  planet 
D)  dwarf planet 
E)  meteor

Question 3

Humanity is very new to the Universe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Using the example of a football field, indicate the beginning of the Universe, the beginning of our Solar System and the beginning of civilization as we know it along the field in whatever terminology you are familiar with.

Accepted Answer

The big bang is at the first g

Question 5

A planet is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The star Wolf 359 is 7.7 light years away. What is that distance in kilometers?

Accepted Answer

A)  7.7 × 108 km 
B)  14 × 1013 km 
C)  0.78 × 108 km 
D)  7.28 × 1013 km 
E)  7.28 × 1012 km 
A)  7.7 × 108 km 
B)  14 × 1013 km 
C)  0.78 × 108 km 
D)  7.28 × 1013 km 
E)  7.28 × 1012 km

Question 7

Astronomers use _______________ to express distance from the Sun.

Accepted Answer

astronomic

Question 8

Jupiter is located approximately 5.2 AU away from the Sun. What is the distance in kilometers?

Accepted Answer

A)  3.7 × 107 km 
B)  5.2 × 108 km 
C)  1.4 × 109 km 
D)  7.8 × 108 km 
E)  8.0 × 108 km 
A)  3.7 × 107 km 
B)  5.2 × 108 km 
C)  1.4 × 109 km 
D)  7.8 × 108 km 
E)  8.0 × 108 km

Question 9

Which of these planets is just 0.39 AU from the Sun?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jupiter 
B)  Mars 
C)  Earth 
D)  Venus 
E)  Mercury 
A)  Jupiter 
B)  Mars 
C)  Earth 
D)  Venus 
E)  Mercury

Question 10

Which best represents 5,362,000,000 kilometers in scientific notation?

Accepted Answer

A)  5.4 × 109 m 
B)  5 × 1010 km 
C)  53.6 × 106 km 
D)  5.362 × 109 mi 
E)  5.362 × 109 km 
A)  5.4 × 109 m 
B)  5 × 1010 km 
C)  53.6 × 106 km 
D)  5.362 × 109 mi 
E)  5.362 × 109 km

Question 11

You discover a new star that is 352,800 AU away. What is the distance in light years?

Accepted Answer

A)  5.6 ly 
B)  2.3 ly 
C)  63 ly 
D)  3.53 ly 
E)  2.22 × 102 ly 
A)  5.6 ly 
B)  2.3 ly 
C)  63 ly 
D)  3.53 ly 
E)  2.22 × 102 ly

Question 12

What is Earth's distance from the Sun?

Accepted Answer

A)  0.39 AU 
B)  0.72 AU 
C)  1.0 AU 
D)  1.5 AU 
E)  2.8 AU 
A)  0.39 AU 
B)  0.72 AU 
C)  1.0 AU 
D)  1.5 AU 
E)  2.8 AU

Question 13

Our Solar System formed 14 billion years ago with the Big Bang.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The celestial object _______________ is just one of many small objects that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The celestial object _______________ is just one...

Question 15

Uranus is one of a group of dwarf planets and other small objects that have been discovered circling the Sun beyond Neptune.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Explain the difference between a galaxy and a solar system.

What did the International Astronomical Union classify Pluto as in 2006?

Humanity is very new to the Universe.

Using the example of a football field, indicate the beginning of the Universe, the beginning of our Solar System and the beginning of civilization as we know it along the field in whatever terminology you are familiar with.

A planet is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity.

The star Wolf 359 is 7.7 light years away. What is that distance in kilometers?

Astronomers use _______________ to express distance from the Sun.

Jupiter is located approximately 5.2 AU away from the Sun. What is the distance in kilometers?

Which of these planets is just 0.39 AU from the Sun?

Which best represents 5,362,000,000 kilometers in scientific notation?

You discover a new star that is 352,800 AU away. What is the distance in light years?

What is Earth's distance from the Sun?

Our Solar System formed 14 billion years ago with the Big Bang.

The celestial object _______________ is just one of many small objects that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune.

Uranus is one of a group of dwarf planets and other small objects that have been discovered circling the Sun beyond Neptune.

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Stellar Evolution

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Exam 1: Here and Now

Explain the difference between a galaxy and a solar system.

What did the International Astronomical Union classify Pluto as in 2006?

Humanity is very new to the Universe.

Using the example of a football field, indicate the beginning of the Universe, the beginning of our Solar System and the beginning of civilization as we know it along the field in whatever terminology you are familiar with.

A planet is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity.

The star Wolf 359 is 7.7 light years away. What is that distance in kilometers?

Astronomers use _______________ to express distance from the Sun.

Jupiter is located approximately 5.2 AU away from the Sun. What is the distance in kilometers?

Which of these planets is just 0.39 AU from the Sun?

Which best represents 5,362,000,000 kilometers in scientific notation?

You discover a new star that is 352,800 AU away. What is the distance in light years?

What is Earth's distance from the Sun?

Our Solar System formed 14 billion years ago with the Big Bang.

The celestial object _______________ is just one of many small objects that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune.

Uranus is one of a group of dwarf planets and other small objects that have been discovered circling the Sun beyond Neptune.

A Users Guide to the Sky

Moon Phases and Eclipses

Origins of Modern Astronomy

Gravity

Light and Telescopes

Atoms and Spectra

The Sun

The Family of Stars

The Interstellar Medium

Formation and Structure of Stars

Stellar Evolution

Deaths of Stars

Neutron Stars and Black Holes

The Milky Way Galaxy

Galaxies

Supermassive Black Holes and Active Galaxies

Modern Cosmology

Astrobiology

Filters