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Studies Weekly Science - Earth Space Science: Exploring our Solar System

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In what year did Neil Armstrong become the first person to step onto the moon?

1969

20

What does the word solar mean?

Sun

20

How long has the Hubble Space Telescope been taking pictures of distant galaxies?

15 years

More than 20 years

10 years

More than 25 years

10

When was the Hubble telescope taken into space by the Space Shuttle?

1980

2000

1990

2010

10

The Hubble Telescope is getting...

old

new rocket boosters

refurbished

purchased by Nasa

10

Recently the Hubble Telescope needed a new...

computer

engine

rocket

camera

10

Because the light from distant objects travels so far and for so long we see pictures of objects that are...

untrustworthy.

warped and distorted.

mostly blurry.

hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years old.

10

What does the Hubble Telescope do in space?

Take pictures

20

How long does it take Saturn to orbit the sun?

19.5 years

20 years

30.5 years

29.5 years

15

How many earths can you fit into our sun?

About one hundred thousand

About 50 thousand

About 10 million

About 1 million

15

The earth is the ________ planet from our sun.

fifth

second

forth

third

15

Which planet is the largest in our solar system?

Jupiter

Saturn

Mercury

Neptune

15

Most meteors are from within our own solar system.

True

5

Our moon is about 1/4 the size of earth.

True

5

Neptune was discovered by _________________ who noticed that something was pulling on Uranus.

astronomers

historians

archeologists

mathematicians

15

Which planet is the second planet from the sun?

Earth

Venus

Mars

Mercury

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