Unit 2 TEST: My Place and Distance in Space

Which of the following best describes Earth’s specific location in space?

• within a solar system

• in  a cluster of galaxies

• at the edge of a supercluster.

• at the center of a spiral galaxy.

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Reorder the following from smallest to largest.

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar system

• Local Group

• Local Supercluster

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to Earth after the Sun and is located 4.3 light years away from Earth. How long does it take light from Proxima Centauri to reach Earth?

• 1 year

•  4.3 years

• 43 years

• 10 trillion years

If two stars are 100 light-years apart, what does this mean?

• One of the stars formed 100 years before the other.

• The stars are 100 million kilometers from each other.

•  It takes 100 years for light to travel from one star to the other.

• It would take 100 years for a spaceship to travel between these two stars.

Cameron was asked to express the distance between the Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. What is the most appropriate unit of measurement to use and why?

Stars and nebulae make up the composition of which area of space?

• Local Group

• Galaxy

• Earth

• Solar System

An astronomical unit (AU) is _________.

• Any very large unit, such as a light-year

•  The average distance between any two planets

• The average distance between the Sun and Earth

•     The average distance between the Sun and the Astro Belt

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Which two astronomical bodies are farthest apart?

• Earth and Mars

• Earth and the Sun

• Earth and the Moon

• Earth and Proxima Centauri (Star)

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Which unit of measurement is used to measure distances within our solar system?

• Km

• AU

• M

• Light Years

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Dakota and Amiya were discussing the best definition to describe the term, “lightyear”.  

What definition would be best?

•  The distance light can travel in a year

• The speed light travels

• How many years it takes light to be emitted

• How long it takes light to get to you from the sun