Astronomy 1

Which is evidence to support the Big Bang? (the universe expands)

• Venus going through phases

• Jupiter's moons going through phases

• Galaxies moving towards us

• Galaxies moving away from us

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Rocky planets with no rings

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The moon has less gravity than earth because

• the moon has more mass than Earth

• the moon has less mass than Earth

• The moon has craters

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If the sun's gravity disappeared the planets would

• become more spherical

• explode

• become part of the asteroid belt

• fly off in a straight line

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The tension in the string emulates

• gravity

• friction

• force

• inertia

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Planets that are cold, gaseous, and rings

• inner planets

• outer planets

The cold, rocky Red Planet

• Mars

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Mercury

Which describes the outer planets

• rocky and hot

• icy and close to the sun

• gaseous and many moons

• sustains life and has liquid water

In order from largest to smallest

• galaxy, universe, planet, solar system

• universe, galaxy, solar system, planet

• solar system, planet, galaxy, universe

• universe, solar system, galaxy, planet

Galaxies appear to move away from us

• Red Shift

• Blue Shift

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