Space and Astronomy Quiz 12

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Early astronomers thought that galaxies were single stars. Why was this mistake easy to make?

Light from galaxies collects into a single beam

Galaxies are so far away that they look like a single star

Galaxies are made of stars that you can only see one at a time

Earth is small and galaxies are much larger

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How were constellations originally named and identified?

in groups of very distant, bright or old stars

by their location from Earths horizon

as people or animals they may have resembled

mathematically, with numbers and coordinates

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How large is the Milky Way Galaxy?

It is very small when compared to the universe

It cannot be measured or compared

It takes up over half of the known universe

It is the largest galaxy ever observed

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What are galaxies made of?

many millions of stars

about one hundred stars

two stars orbiting each other

moons and planets

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Our nearest star neighbor in space, Alpha Centauri, is four light years from Earth. Why will it be difficult to visit?

It is very bright and hot

It is very far away

There may be no planets near it

all of the above

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Compared to our galaxy, how big is our solar system? The solar system is

about one-third of the galaxy

over half of the galaxy

about one-tenth of the galaxy

extremely tiny

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The position of Polaris cannot be used to find

the latitude

the time

the Little Dipper

the direction of North

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In the southern sky, stars move

clockwise

counter-clockwise

vertically

none of these

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Space and Astronomy Quiz 12

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