Stars and Space

A Group of stars, and or star systems, star clusters, dust and gas held together by gravity is known as:

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar System

• Planet

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What Galaxy is Earth located?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Sagittarius

• Snickers

______________________ is the power that fuels the sun.

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What is the name of the largest stars?

• Protostars

• Supergiants

• Red Giants

• Dwarf Stars

Astronomy is...

• the study of people.

• the study of the Universe.

• the study of properties of objects in space.

• the study of the laws which predict the way the Universe operates.

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The force by which all things with mass or energy including planets, stars, and galaxies are brought toward one another is ________________________.

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Distances in space are measured in...

• miles.

• astronomical units.

• AUs.

• lightyears.

Why do we put telescopes in space?

• Earth's atmosphere distorts the light waves.

• So they are closer to the stars.

• To spend more money.

• I don't know.

What is the heliocentric model of the solar system?

• The sun orbits the other objects.

• The Earth is the center of the solar system.

• Objects orbit the sun.

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Kepler's second law states:

• speed of orbits change in unpredictable ways.

• planets travel slowest when closest to the sun.

• planetary orbits cover equal areas in equal time.