1.6 Tour of the Universe

The Earth is a spherical planet with a diameter of ___________ .

• 13,000 Km

• 1.3 Km

• 13,000,000 Km

• 130 km

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Water on Earth cover close to about ________ of the surface.

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 3/4

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Earth's Closest neighbor or also known as a satellite would be ______________.

• Moon

• Sun

• Sirus

• Mars

The moon's distance from the earth is about ______ times the diameter of the Earth.

• 2

• 30

• 300

• 23

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An approximate distance between the Earth and the moon is _____________ .

• 1 Light year

• 384,000 Km

• 13,000 Km

• 1.3 Km

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The moons diameter is 3476 Km across about one fourth the size of the Earth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Light takes _________ seconds to travel between the Earth and the moon.

• 0.75

• 1.3

• 8

• 10

The Sun is approximately 150 million kilometers away which is about _________ times the distance from the Earth to the moon.

• 1/2

• 400

• 300

• 3

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An astronomical unit or an (AU) represents the distance of the ________ to the __________.

• Sun to Moon

• Moon to Earth

• Earth to Sun

• Earth to Mars

If the Sun were reduced to the size of a basketball, Earth would be a small apple seed about 30 meters from the ball.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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