Science STAAR Earth and Space

What is the correct term for this grouping of stars, gas, and dust?

• planet

• galaxy

• universe

• solar system

On a field trip to a science museum, Lee saw photographs of asteroids and comets that astronomers took using telescopes. What could Lee look for in the photographs to tell a comet from an asteroid?

• a long tail

• a small size

• a rocky surface

• an irregular shape

Jacob is doing a report on the galaxy in which Earth is found. Which of the following is the galaxy that Jacob should research for his report?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Maffei 1

• Ursa Minor

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All visible stars in the night sky are many times larger than Earth. Why do they look like tiny points of light?

• They are moving very fast.

• The atmosphere blocks most of their light.

• The stars visible at night are located very far from Earth.

• Most of the light from stars is absorbed by galaxies, so it does not reach Earth.

Earth and Saturn are both planets orbiting the sun. Which of these other features do the two planets have in common?

• They have a thin atmosphere.

• They rotate about an axis.

• Their orbits are the same length.

• They have about the same mass.

In order from Closest to the sun what Planets are in our Solar system

• Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus, Neptune.

• Venus,Earth,Mercury,Jupiter,Earth,Neptune,Uranus,Mars

• Uranus,Neptune,Saturn,Jupiter,Mars,Earth,Venus,Mercury

• Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Neptune,Uranus.

What is a comet

• Dust and ice orbiting in space.

• A small rocky body orbiting in space.

• A blown out meteroid

• A dwarf planet

Where are many asteroids located.

• Mercurys surface

• Asteroid belt

• meteor belt

• asteroid ring

what is our biggest planet in our solar system

• Saturn

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Uranus

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What is this "Red Planet" that is 4th from the sun?

• Mars
• Earth
• Neptune
• Saturn

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