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Marks: 6
Step 1. The average radius of the Earth 
Choose one answer. | a. 6 x 10^2 km | | | b. 6 x 10^3 km | | | c. 6 x 10^4 km | |
Correct
Marks for this submission: 6/6.
Question 2
Marks: 6
Step 1. The average distance from Io to Jupiter
Choose one answer. | a. 4 x 10^3 km | | | b. 4 x 10^4 km | | | c. 4 x 10^5 km | |
Correct
Marks for this submission: 6/6.
Question 3
Marks: 6
Step 2. Astronomical Unit (AU) is the average distance between the Earth and Mars
Choose one answer. | a. True | | | b. False | |
Correct
Marks for this submission: 6/6.
Question 4
Marks: 6
Step 2. Light-year is the distance light travels in one year
Choose one answer. | a. True | |
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Asteroid Belt, the Earth, the Solar System (star: the Sun), the Local Group | | | c. The Earth, the Solar System (star: the Sun), the Andromeda Galaxy, the Local Group | | | d. The Earth, the Solar System (star: the Sun), the Milky Way Galaxy, the Local Group | |
Correct
Marks for this submission: 5/5.
Question 12
Marks: 5
Step 8. Distance from the Earth to the Sun is 395 times greater than distance from the Earth to the Moon.
Choose one answer. | a. True | | | b. False | |
Correct
Marks for this submission: 5/5.
Question 13
Marks: 5
Step 8. Distance from the Sun to Pluto is 20 times greater than distance from the Sun to the Earth.
Choose one answer. | a. True | | | b. False | |
Correct
Marks for this submission: 5/5.
Question 14
Marks: 5
Step 8. Distance from the Sun to the nearest star is
Choose one answer. | a. 600 times greater than distance from the Sun to Pluto. | | | b. 6,640 times greater than distance from the Sun to Pluto. | | | c. 62,000 times greater than distance from the Sun to Pluto. | | | d. 100,650 times greater than distance from the Sun to Pluto. | |
Correct
Marks for this submission:

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