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What is an atmosphere?
a) A collection of gas and dust.
b) Two stars that orbit around each other.
c) The layer of gases surrounding a planet or star.
d) A huge cloud of gas and dust.
What is the universe?
a) Everything on Earth and in outer space.
b) Anything that can be touched.
c) A star and the objects that orbit around it.
d) The layer of gases surrounding a planet or star.
What are atoms?
a) A collection of gas and dust.
b) Particles too small to see. Make up all ordinary matter in the universe.
c) Anything that can be touched.
d) An instrument used to look at stars and other distant objects.
What are twin stars?
a) Two stars that orbit around each other, held together by the pull of gravity.
b) The collision of two atoms that result in a single, new atom and the release of energy.
c) A collection of gas and dust.
d) An explosion of stored energy on Earth's surface.
What is a telescope?
a) An explosion of stored energy on the Sun's surface.
b) An instrument used to view stars an other distant objects. Gathers and magnifies light to enlarge and brighten the objects.
c) The layer of gases surrounding a planet or star.
d) A huge cloud of gas and dust.
What is a black hole?
a) A large object that orbits around a star.
b) Particles too small to see.
c) The collision of two atoms that result in a single, new atom and the release of energy.
d) A region in space where gravity is so powerful that it traps light and anything else that gets too close.
What is a galaxy?
a) The spiral galaxy where our solar system is located.
b) Two stars that orbit around each other.
c) A collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars, all spinning around a common center and held together by gravity.
d) Everything on Earth and in outer space.
What is a solar system?
a) The layer of gases surrounding a planet or star.
b) A huge cloud of gas and dust in space.
c) A star and the objects that orbit around it. Our solar system includes the Sun and the eight planets and their moons.
d) Glowing gases in the atmosphere caused by solar winds (northern lights).
What is gravity?
a) The tug or pull of two (or more) objects on each other. Caused by the way space curves around matter.
b) A spin on an axis or fixed point.
c) Two stars that orbit around each other, held together by the pull of gravity.
d) Particles too small to see. Make up all ordinary matter in the universe.
What is a solar flare?
a) The tug or pull of two (or more) objects on each other. Caused by the way space curves around matter.
b) A large object that orbits around a star.
c) An explosion of stored energy on the Sun’s surface. Occurs when two or more prominences connect.
d) Anything that can be touched.
What is matter?
a) A collection of gas and dust.
b) Anything that can be touched. Everything except energy is made up of matter.
c) An object traveling around another object in an orbit.
d) A huge cloud of gas and dust.
What is a planet?
a) An explosion of stored energy on the Sun’s surface. Occurs when two or more prominences connect.
b) The collision of two atoms that result in a single, new atom and the release of energy.
c) A star and the objects that orbit around it.
d) A large object that orbits around a star.
What is a nebula?
a) Anything that can be touched. Everything except energy is made up of matter.
b) A huge cloud of gas and dust in space.
c) The layer of gases surrounding a planet or star.
d) An explosion of stored energy on the Sun's surface.
What is nuclear fusion?
a) Huge looping eruptions of gas near sunspots.
b) Collision of two atoms resulting in a new atom and the release of energy.
c) Two stars that orbit around each other.
d) An explosion of stored energy on Earth's surface.
What is an aurora?
a) Particles too small to see. Make up all ordinary matter in the universe.
b) Glowing gases in the atmosphere caused by solar winds (northern lights).
c) A collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars, all spinning around a common center and held together by gravity.
d) Two stars that orbit around each other, held together by the pull of gravity.
Define rotate.
a) Glowing gases in the atmosphere caused by solar winds (northern lights).
b) A spin on an axis or fixed point.
c) A large object that orbits around a star.
d) A huge cloud of gas and dust.
Define revolve.
a) A spin on an axis or fixed point.
b) : The collision of two atoms that results in a single, new atom and the release of energy.
c) A large object that orbits around a star.
d) An object traveling around another object in an orbit.
What is the milky way?
a) An object traveling around another object in an orbit.
b) The spiral galaxy where our solar system is located.
c) A large object that orbits around a star.
d) The collision of two atoms that result in a single, new atom and the release of energy.
What is a sunspot?
a) An explosion of stored energy on the Sun’s surface. Occurs when two or more prominences connect.
b) Glowing gases in the atmosphere caused by solar winds (northern lights).
c) Moving areas of magnetic activity. Temperatures are cooler than surrounding gases. Appear as dark spots on the photosphere.
d) A huge cloud of gas and dust in space.
What is a prominence?
a) The tug or pull of two (or more) objects on each other. Caused by the way space curves around matter.
b) Huge looping eruptions of gas near sunspots.
c) An object traveling around another object in an orbit.
d) A region in space where gravity is so powerful that it traps light and anything else that gets too close.
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