1 .		The Milky Way is an example of a constellation..   True  False
2 .		Alpha Centauri the closest star to our sun is billions of light years away.   True  False
3 .		The earth and six other planets, and our sun make up the solar system.   True  False
4 .		Asteroids are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.   True  False
5 .		VentureStar, The X-33 space vehicle, is being prepared to take the first humans to a star in the year 2010.   True  False
6 .		The name quasar comes from the term quasi-stellar object   True  False
7 .		The collapse of old star into an extremely dense state surrounded by a powerful gravitational field is a black star.   True  False
8 .		At present, there are 12 named constellations, one for each sign of the zodiac.   True  False
9 .		The earth’s sun does not have a gravitational force.   True  False
10 .		The earth has a single natural satellite, known as Radio Dish 2000.   True  False
11 .		Mars has two moons.   True  False
12 .		Uranus is the largest planet in our solar system.   True  False
13 .		Scientists are not sure how the asteroids were formed.   True  False
14 .		Meteors that reach the Earth’s surface are known as meteorites.   True  False
15 .		Comets produce light from the gases burning in the comet tail.   True  False
16 .		Because of defects in one of the Hubble Telescope’s mirrors, it cannot detect stars more than 8 billion light-years away.    True  False
17 .		The science process of “measuring” is the only process not covered in any of the Discovery Activities for Middle-Level Learners in this chapter.    True  False
18 .		Using an Altitude or Azimuth finder is too difficult an activity for students before the high-school years.    True  False