astronomy midterm

Which is the correct order of the planets, moving from closest to the Sun to farthest from the Sun?

• ​Mercury, Venus, Earth, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

​The Universe consists of the Sun, its family of planets, and some smaller bodies such as moons, asteroids, and comets.

• false

• true

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Uranus is approximately 3 × 10⁹ km away from the Sun. What is the distance in astronomical units?

• 20 au

• 10 au

• 15 au

• 2 au

• 1 au

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​What unit of measurement is used to describe extraordinary large distances, such as the distance of other stars from our own?

• mi

• AU

• Min

• ly

• km

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You discover a new star that is 352,800 AU away. What is the distance in light years?

• 2.22 x 10^2 ly

• 3.53 ly

• 5.6 ly

• 2.3 ly

• 63 ly

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The star Wolf 359 is 7.7 light years away. What is that distance in kilometers?

• 7.28 × 10¹² km

• 7.28 × 10¹³ km

• 0.78 × 10⁸ km

• 14 × 10¹³ km

• 7.7 × 10⁸ km

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are only located at a distance of 1 AU or less from the Sun.

• false

• true

The most widely accepted system of measurement is the metric system.

• true

• false

Which best represents 5,362,000,000 kilometers in scientific notation?

• 5.4 × 10⁹ m

• 5 × 10¹⁰ km

• 53.6 × 10⁶ km

• 5.362 × 10⁹ mi

• 5.362 × 10⁹ km

What does the above image (Figure 1) represent?

• extrasolar planet

• Solar System

• planet

• galaxy

• Universe

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