Planets/ solar system

Sunlight hits this area more directly because the Earth is tilted on its axis

• northern Hemisphere

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• southern Hemisphere

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What planet is a dwarf planet?

• Pluto
• Saturn
• Mars
• Jupiter

How do scientists support the Big Bang Theory? (Two are correct.)

• Cosmic background radiation

• Observation of black holes
• Galaxy's are still expanding

• Discovery of dark matter

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

How old is the Universe

• 4.5 billion years
• 14 billion years

• 14.2 billion years

• 14 million years

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

How much of the Earth is covered by water

• 50%
• 85%
• 30%
• 71%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What did Hubble prove about the Universe

• The Earth was in the center of the universe

• There were no other galaxies other than the Milky way

• The Sun was in the center of the universe

• There were galaxies beyond the Milky way

What is Astronomy?

• The study of the universe
• The study of the Moon
• The study of the Earth
• The study of stars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What was Copernicus theory called?

• Geocentrism
• Heliocentric
• Solar-centric
• Sun-centered

What is the first planet in our solar system?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Jupiter

What is the biggest planet

• Mars
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3