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AS101 Final Exam Test Bank
Module 1:
Question 1: Which of the following is largest?
A) Size of a typical galaxy
B) 1 Astronomical unit
C) Distance to the nearest star (other than our sun)
D) 1 light year
E) size of Pluto’s orbit
Question 2: On the Cosmic Calendar about when did the solar system begin to form? Question 3 : Which of the following statements does not use the term light year in an
appropriate way?
Question 4: On the Cosmic Calendar (where the age of the universe in condensed into the
equivalent to one calendar year) most of recorded history takes up what portion of the “year”?
Question 5: Which of the following is furthest from the Sun?
A) a comet in the Kuiper belt
B) an asteroid in the asteroid belt
C) a comet in the Oort cloud
D) Pluto
E) Neptune
Question 6: What is an Astronomical Unit (AU)?
Question 7: Which of the following best describes the Milky Way Galaxy?
Question 8: Which of the following statements about the sizes of stars is most true?

Question 9: The nearest star to the Sun (and us) is Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf in the Alpha
Centauri system. How far away from the Sun is Proxima Centauri?
Question 10: Which of the following is closest to the Sun?
Question 11: What is light year? Question 12 : On the Cosmic Calendar when did the big bang occur? Question 13: The order of the planets beyond Earth, away from the Sun, is Question 14: Which of the following statements about sidereal and solar days is not true? Question 15: Which of the following correctly describes the meridian in your sky?