Our Solar System and Beyond: The Ginormous Edition

Approximately how many years ago did the Big Bang occur?

• 13.8 million years ago

• 13.8 billion years ago

• 4.6 billion years ago

• 4.6 million years ago

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What did the Big Bang produce?

• Stars and galaxies only

• Matter and dark energy

• Matter and energy

• Gravity and time

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What is the state of the Universe's edge?

• It has a fixed edge

• It is shrinking

• It is expanding

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What force pulls our solar system and universe together?

• Electromagnetism

• Dark energy

• Gravity

• Nuclear force

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When were stars and galaxies formed in the history of the Universe?

• Immediately after the Big Bang

• After the Universe cooled down

• Before the Big Bang

• During the formation of the first atoms

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What is a star?

• A small point of light in the sky

• A massive ball of burning gas (plasma) that gives off heat and light energy

• A celestial body that orbits around planets

• A bright object that can be found on Earth

Why do stars twinkle?

• Because they are moving

• Because their light is steady and unchanging

• Because their light bends as it passes through the Earth's atmosphere

• Because they change colors

What causes stars to have different colors?

• Their distance from Earth

• The angle at which we look at them

• Their heat/temperature

• The amount of light they emit

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Approximately how many stars are there in our galaxy?

• 2+ million stars

• 20+ million stars

• 200+ million stars

• 200+ billion stars

What are constellations?

• Groups of planets in the sky

• Imaginary pictures made by groups of stars in the sky

• Real shapes found on the surface of the Earth

• Clusters of galaxies far away from Earth