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3 Plants and our Solar System

Assessment ID: dna.7471

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Directions: Answer the following question(s).

The Hubble Space Telescope transmits images from deep space to Earth. The images show
extremely large, distant structures in the universe.

Structure Y is MOST likely which of the following?

A.
B.
C.
D.

a star
a planet
a nebula
a galaxy

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SC.8.E.5.3 Plants and our Solar System

Assessment ID: dna.7471

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Directions: Answer the following question(s).

Our solar system is located in the Milky Way Galaxy. What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

C.

A.

D.

B.

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A.
B.
C.
D.

Which object occupies the greatest amount of

space?
a galaxy
a black hole
a neutron star
a solar system

Scientists have collected data about many

galaxies, including the Milky Way galaxy.
What makes the Milky Way galaxy difficult to
observe from Earth?

A. Earth is located inside the Milky Way galaxy.

B. The Milky Way galaxy absorbs more light than it
emits.

C. The Milky Way galaxy is too distant for detailed

observations.

D. Earth is moving in the opposite direction of the

Milky Way galaxy.

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SC.8.E.5.3 Plants and our Solar System

Assessment ID: dna.7471

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Directions: Answer the following question(s).

A.
B.
C.
D.

A.
B.
C.
D.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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A.
B.
C.
D.

In 2004 the Hubble space telescope captured

images of distant star clusters, each
containing about a million stars. These star
clusters were MOST likely part of which
structure?

The known universe is made up of many

smaller components. Four of these
components are listed below.

Earth Halleys Comet Milky Way

Galaxy Sun

a black hole

Which of these objects is the largest?

a galaxy
a nebula
a solar system
Structures in the universe are grouped into
large systems, each of which are made up of
smaller systems. Which of the follwing is the
largest system of which Earth is only a very
small part?
Jovian planets
Halleys comet
Milky Way galaxy

A.
B.
C.
D.

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A.
B.
C.
D.

Earth
Halleys Comet
Milky Way Galaxy
Sun
In which structure is the Sun located?
Milky Way Galaxy
Andromeda Galaxy
Cats Eye Nebula
Horseshoe Nebula

Orions belt
Based on the evidence available at the time,
early models of the solar system stated that
all objects in space orbited Earth. In the 16th
century, an astronomer reevaluated the
evidence and proposed a model of the solar
system that is still in use. What part of this
model corrected the mistake in previous solar
system models?
The Sun is at the center of this model.
Earth is the largest object in this model.
This model contains more than one star.
This model shows that Earth is stationary.
Which object is a planet found in the Milky
Way Galaxy?
Orion
Earth
Polaris
Titan

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