Test 1 First 6 Shows
1. Distance between Earth and Sun is called a(n)
A) Astronomical Unit
B) Light
Year
C) 4.2
D) 63,000
2. Light from the Sun takes how long to reach
Earth?
A) 4 hours
B) 8 days
C) 8
minutes
D) 4
seconds
3. Our nearest star is named:
A) Alpha
Centauri
B)Andromeda
C)Tauri
D)Proxima
Centauri
4. How far away is our nearest star?
A)250,000
miles
B)4.2
Lightyears
C)5.8
Lightyears
D)
63,000au
5. How long does it take light from our Sun
to reach Neptune?
A) 4.2 Ly
B) 4 years
C) 4 hours
D) 4 nt
6. One light year is how many Astronomical
Units?
A) 2.6
B) 63,000
C) 630,000
D) 1
7. What is the area of our galaxy where stars are
born?
A) Local
Group
B) nova
C) spiral
arms
D) equant
8. How wide across is our galaxy?
A) 100,00ly
B) 63,000au
C) 260,000ly
D) 20,000ly
9. The small cluster of galaxies to which
the Milky Way belongs is called what?
A) solar system
B) spiral arms
C) seeds
D) local group
10. How close to the center of our galaxy is our sun?A) 20,000ly
B) 25,000ly
C) 30,000ly
D) 100,000ly
