Science Space

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 the oort cloud

• The known end of the solar system

• An asteroid belt

• Dust in space

• none of the above

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What is a light year?

• The time it takes light to travel in a year.

• A measurement of space

• An AU meter

• A and c

Polaris is a star

• True

• False

The sun is made of condensed gases

• True

• False

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This is a diagram of a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse happens when...

• Earth casts a shadow on the sun.

• the sun casts a shadow on Earth.

• Earth casts a shadow on the moon.

• the moon casts a shadow on Earth.

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It is a clear, dark night. You have a good view of the sky. You see plenty of stars, but you cannot see the moon. What could explain this?

• Light from the stars makes it hard to see the moon.

• There is a star or planet blocking the moon.

• The side of the moon that's lit up is facing away from the Earth.

• Earth is blocking the sunlight that ordinarily reaches the moon.

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Fill in the blank with true or false.

Seasons change as Earth revolves around the sun.

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It takes ​ ​ (a)   days for the Earth to orbit the sun.

• 365

• 24

• 28

• 360

• 52

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