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TRUE OR FALSE
Place a T next to statements that are true and an F next to statements that are false.

Before After
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1 1 1. A second after the Big Bang, the universe was about the size of our solar
system.
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2. The universe stopped expanding 15 billion years after the Big Bang.
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3. The Milky Way is an example of an elliptical galaxy.
4 4 4. Quasars are much larger than stars.
5 5 5. Interstellar matter is called neutron dust.
6 6 6. Some sun spots are larger in diameter than the earth.
7 7 7. The aurora lights seen in the Northern sky are caused by highly charged
8 8 atomic
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8. particles released by sun flares.
9. A black hole has no density at all.
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10. A prominence is a great flame-like cloud that appears to rise from a
11 11 sunspot.
11. Chinese astronomers documented a supernova in 1054 AD.

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ANSWER KEY for page 21
_T__ A second after the Big Bang, the universe was about the size of our solar system.
_F__ The universe stopped expanding 15 billion years after the Big Bang.
_F__ The Milky Way is an example of an elliptical galaxy.
_T__ Quasars are much larger than stars.
_F__ Interstellar matter is called neutron dust.
_T__ Some sun spots are larger in diameter than the earth.
_T__ The aurora lights seen in the Northern sky are caused by highly charged atomic
particles released by sun flares.
_F__ A black hole has no density at all.
_T__ A prominence is a great flame-like cloud that appears to rise from a sunspot.
_T__ Chinese astronomers documented a supernova in 1054 AD.
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