Earth, Sun, and Stars REVIEW

True or false: Exoplanets are discovered when they dim a star they pass by.

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When a small object is viewed from a shorter distance, they appear

The sun and the stars move...

• From south to north across the sky each day.

• From west to east across the sky each day.

• From north to south across the sky each day.

• From east to west across the sky each day.

Why does the sun appear to be brighter than the moon, even though the moon is closer to the Earth?

A constellation counts as an object in our solar system

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The Hubble Space Telescope is solving the problem of starlight bending because of the

A light-year is....

• The light that will travel in a year in a vacuum.

• A year of low gravity on Earth

• The measure of how gravity changes within a year on Mars.

• The measure of a year if you were in a low-light climate.