10 Trillion Kilometers
Question: Which of the following statements does not use the term light-year in an appropriate way? (**** is correct)
Answer:
Question: One light year is about 10 trillion kilometers. T or F?
Answer: True.
Question: Suppose we imagine the Sun to be about the size of a grapefruit (about 10 cm across). What describes the size and distance of Earth on the same scale?
Answer: Earth is the size of a poppy seed about 10 meters away from the Sun.
Question: Which of the following is smallest? (**** is correct)
Answer: 1. 1 AU
2. 1 light-second
3. size of a typical star
4. size of a typical planet****
Question: Which of the following is largest? (**** is correct)
Answer: 1. size of Pluto’s orbit
2. size of a typical galaxy****
3. 1 light-year
4. distance to the nearest star (other than our Sun)
Question: If traveling at the speed of light, approximately how far could you travel in one second?
Answer: 7x around the Earth
Question: How far from Earth is the Moon?
Answer: 1 light second
Question: How far from Earth is the Sun?
Answer: 8.3 light minutes
Question: How far from Earth is the nearest star besides the Sun?
Answer: 4.2 light years
Question: What is the ecliptic plane?
Answer: the plane of Earth’s orbit around the Sun