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Name:______________________ Date:______ Bell:_______ _____/24 Points
Read each statement. If you believe that it is a myth mark F for false. If you
think the statement is true mark a T for True.
___ 1. Polaris, the North Star, is the Brightest Star in the Sky.
___ 2. There is no gravity in space.
___ 3. The moon has a permanent dark side.
___ 4. When you view objects such as galaxies and supernovas in space you are
actually looking at how those objects were the in past.
___ 5. If you could put Saturn in an enormous bathtub, it would float.
___ 6. More crimes, hospitalizations and births occur during a full moon.
___ 7. You can see the Great Wall of China from the moon.
___ 8. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun; yet reaches temperatures as
cold as -280 degrees Fahrenheit.
___ 9. Jupiter is heavier than all the other planets put together.
___ 10. It takes 8 minutes & 20 seconds for the light from the Sun to reach
Earth.
___ 11. All the stars in a particular constellation are near each other.
___ 12. The phases of the moon are caused by shadows cast on its surface by
other objects in the solar system, particularly the earth or the sun.
___ 13. The moon is only in the sky at night.
___ 14. One day is the shortest in the winter.
___ 15. There is no proven scientific basis for Astrology.
___ 16. The sun is always directly overhead or directly south at twelve o'clock
noon.
___ 17. We always observe the same side of the moon facing us.
___ 18. A day on the planet Mercury is longer than its year.
___ 19. A light year is a measure of time.
___ 20. Mars is red because its soil is very rusty.
___ 21. The Northern Lights are caused by reflected sunlight from the ice caps
of the polar regions.
___ 22. Saturn's moon Titan has hundreds of times more oil and natural gas
than all the known reserves on Earth.
___ 23. Neptune has not made a complete orbit around the sun since its
discovery.
___ 24. An astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space.