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What does the term "data" refer to in science?

• A type of space rock

• Computer programming code

• Facts and information collected during research

• A special kind of telescope

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What is the diameter of an object?

• The distance around the outside of a circle

• The distance from side to side through the center

• The height of an object

• The surface area of an object

What is an orbit?

• A type of space station

• The path one object takes around another

• The speed of a planet's rotation

• The distance between planets

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What is the solar system?

• A way to generate power from the Sun

• The distance between stars

• The Sun and all objects that travel around it

• A group of similar stars

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What is Earth?

• Any planet with water

• The largest planet

• The third planet from the Sun

• The closest planet to the Sun

What is a year?

• The time Earth takes to rotate once

• The time between full moons

• The time Earth takes to orbit the Sun

• The time light takes to reach Earth

Which term describes the shape of most planets?

• Square

• Cylinder

• Sphere

• Pyramid

What do astronomers primarily study?

• Weather patterns

• Ocean currents

• Rock formations

• Space objects and phenomena

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What is an ATMOSPHERE?

• An envelope of gas surrounding an object in space

• The center of a planet

• A shape that you study in Geometry

• A book of maps

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What is a SUNSPOT?

• really bad sunburn

• dark area on the sun's surface that gives off less energy than the rest of the sun

• hottest part of the sun

• shadow of another object on the sun's surface