parallax quiz

Position A

• sun

• earth

• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The distance of Astronomical Units in kilometers.

• 1.5E8 km

• 1.5E12 km

• 1.5E6 km

• 1.5E3 km

Position E

• baseline

• parallax

• parsec

c = 3x10⁸ m/s

• The speed of light

• The Boltzmann constant

• Coulomb's constant

• The universal gravitational constant

What is an arcsecond?

• 1/3600^o

• 10 parsec

An astronomical unit is...

• The average distance between the Earth and the Sun

• The average distance between the Sun and Neptune

• The diameter of the sun

• The time it takes light to travel across our solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The orbit of the Earth around the sun (diameter of 2 AU) is used as the ...

• parsec

• baseline

• parallax

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

In the equation D=1/p, p represents

• Parallax angle

• Parsecs

The shift in position or angle of apparent change.

• parallax

• arcsecond

• parsec

How far away is Earth from the sun in Astronomical Units?

• 150 million

• 1