1) Which of the following is the Earth located in?
(Select all that apply.)
a) the solar system
b) the Milky Way Galaxy
c) the Local Group of galaxies
d) the Virgo supercluster
e) the universe
2) The laws of nature (as determined by scientists)
(Select all that apply.)
a) are constructed from many observations and hypotheses and experiments
b) apply both on Earth and among the stars
c) can never change once they are written down in textbooks
d) are often written in the language of mathematics
3) Sort these objects in order of size, largest at the top to smallest at the bottom.
- Jupiter
- The universe
- The solar system
- Earth
- The Milky Way Galaxy
4) The location of the Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy is
a) in the center of the Galaxy
b) a little less than 30,000 LY from the center
c) something astronomers have not yet measured
d) on the edge of the Galaxy as far from the center as you can measure
e) this is a trick question: the Earth is not located in the Milky Way Galaxy
Answer:-1)a,b,c,d,e Earth is located in solar system, solar system is a part of milkyway galaxy, group of galaxy are called local group of galaxy, virgo superculster contains virgo cluster and local group of galaxy....and all these are part of our universe.
2)a,b,d laws of nature are discovered from experiment and observations...and natural laws are generally written in mathematical language....but laws of nature as discovered by humana are changeable. For example newtons law of gravitation concept is improvised by Einatein.
3)The universe(93 billion light years)
The milkyway galaxy(105700 light year)
The solar system(287.46 billion km)
Jupiter(69911km)
Earth (6371km)
4)b
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