Question Bank for ESS1.B.1

What is the basic astronomical unit based on?

• the length of Jupiter's rings

• the distance between Earth and the Sun

• the distance between the Sun and moon

• the time it takes light to travel in 1 Earth year

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What unit do you use to express astronomical distances?

• The light-week

• The thunder-year

• The light-year

• The kilometer

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What is the most massive object the planets orbit in our solar system?

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

• the Sun

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Which planet is the farthest away from our sun?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

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What color of star is the hottest?

• Blue

• Red

• Yellow

• Orange

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Which dwarf planet is located in the asteroid belt?

• Ceres

• Alpha Centuri

• Kree

• Vulcan

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Place these objects in order from smallest to largest:

• Planets, solar system, universe, galaxy

• Solar system, planets, galaxy, universe

• Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe

• Galaxy, solar system, planets, universe

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In which list are celestial features correctly shown in order of increasing size?

• solar system -- galaxy -- planet -- universe

• **galaxy -- solar system -- universe -- planet**

• universe -- galaxy -- solar system -- planet

• planet -- solar system -- galaxy -- universe

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If you were making a model of the solar system, which object would be the most accurate to use for Saturn?

• ping pong ball, 4 cm

• soft ball, 12 cm

• beach ball, 30 cm

• soccer ball, 22 cm

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What is scale?

• When scientists study objects that are really big or really small

• When scientists study an object that is made bigger or smaller than the real thing, without changing the mathematical proportions of its measurements

• When scientists weigh things

• When scientists study distance

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