The question is: Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below. The diagram represents the inferred stages in the formation of our solar system. Stage 1 shows a contracting gas cloud. The remaining stages show the gas cloud flattening into a spinning disk as planets formed around our Sun.
Approximately how long ago did stage 4 end and stage 5 begin?
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Which property primarily determines whether a giant star or a supergiant star will form?
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This diagram of our solar system represents a...
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Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents a model of a portion of our solar system.
In our solar system, the orbits of the planets are best described as
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If the diagram represents our solar system and planet B is Venus, which planet is represented by planet A?
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Question 30: Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents the apparent change in direction of the swing of a scientific device over a period of five hours. This device provides evidence of Earth's rotation.
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The timeline below represents time from the present to 20 billion years ago. Letters A, B, C, and D represent specific times. Which letter on the timeline best represents the time when scientists estimate that the solar system's formation occurred?
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The universe is approximately 13.8 billion years old. Compared to the age of the solar system, the age of the universe is approximately
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The Sun revolves around the center of
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In which sequence are the items listed from least total mass to greatest total mass?
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A blue shift of the light from a star indicates that the star
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Which star type has a surface temperature of 4000 K and a luminosity 1000 times greater than the Sun?
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Energy is produced within a star's core by the process of
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Which sequence of stars is listed in order of increasing luminosity?
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Which characteristics best describe the star Betelgeuse?
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Which object in space emits light because it releases energy produced by nuclear fusion?
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The timeline below represents time from the present to 20 billion years ago. Letters A, B, C, and D represent specific times.
Which letter on the timeline best represents the time when scientists estimate that the Big Bang occurred?
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Base your answers to questions 12 and 13 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents the expansion of a portion of the universe from its origin until the present. The timeline represents billions of years. Letter X indicates two celestial objects.
12. The two spiral-shaped celestial objects labeled X are
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13. Two pieces of evidence that support the theory that the universe is expanding are the
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Approximately how many degrees does Earth travel in its orbit in one month?
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Which diagram below best represents the pattern of spectral lines from the same element when it was observed by Edwin Hubble in the light of one of the distant galaxies?
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The star Vega has an average surface temperature of 10,000 K and has a luminosity 70 times greater than that of the Sun. Which type of star is Vega?
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Some of the constellations that are visible to New York State observers at midnight in December are different from the constellations that are visible at midnight in June because
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Question 18: Base your answer to the following question on the graph below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The graph shows the changes in a single star's luminosity and relative temperature from its formation (point 1) to its late stage (point 4) relative to the Sun.
Which is a possible surface temperature of this star at point 2?
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Which characteristic is directly related to a planet's average distance from the Sun?
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The Coriolis effect can best be used to explain the
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The best evidence of Earth's rotation is provided by the
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Which statement best describes Earth's approximate rates of rotation and revolution?
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What causes clouds of dust and gas to form a protostar
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As planet A moves in orbit from its current location to position X, planet B most likely moves in orbit from its current location to position_____.
