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Which is the farthest from the earth out of the options? Earth, Jupiter, Uranus, Mars

Uranus

About how many times larger than the Earth is the Sun

100x

What is the estimated age of the Universe?

14 billion years old

The Earth ROTATES on its axis once every ________ hours.

24

The maximum altitude of the sun?

90 degrees

In which direction does Earth spin?

Counterclockwise

If the time of the universe was condensed into one year, about when would human civilization form?

December 31, 11:58pm

How would you classify Pluto?

Dwarf

Ceres and Eris are?

Dwarf Planets

What is not an outer planet

Earth

Where would you stand on Earth to be moving the fastest as the Earth rotates?

Ecuador (the equator)

How would you classify the Milky Way?

Galaxy

The line in the distance where the Earth and sky appear to meet is?

Horizon

Which of the following is the largest planet with big storms in the solar system

Jupiter

The distance that light travels in the year in defined as a a

Light Year

What is the smallest planet in the solar system

Mercury

Which of the following is the closest planet to the sun

Mercury

Which is not a inner planet

Neptune

Which is the farther planet away from the Earth

Neptune

How would you classify Neptune?

Planet

If the times of the Universe was condensed to one year, about when did the solar system form?

September

How was you classify the sun?

Star

During which times of year in our hemisphere is the sun at its highest altitude?

Summer

Over the course of a year, the sun is never directly overhead in Michigan?

True

The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is

astronomical unit


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