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title: Distances and light years — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Space
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 22 «Distances and light years» of the space course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Distances and light years

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The 15 questions of lesson 22 «Distances and light years» of the space course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/space/22-distances-and-light-years/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t1/) — Zoe says "a light year is a really long time". What's wrong? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t2/) — If the Sun suddenly went out, how soon would we notice from Earth? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t3/) — Polaris is about 430 light years away. If it had blown up 100 years ago, what would we see tonight? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t4/) — bro says we'll fly to the nearest star in like 10 years with Voyager. lol? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t5/) — Which is true about bright stars in the sky? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t6/) — Talking to astronauts on the Moon, why is there a short delay before they answer? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t7/) — In a film, a ship flies "100 light years to the next star in two minutes". Why is it not real? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t8/) — Deneb looks about as bright as Vega. What does that tell us? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t9/) — Will the Moon fly off into space next year then, if it's moving away? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t10/) — Why is the football model of the solar system hard to fit in a school field? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t11/) — How far is 1 AU in kilometres? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the unit designated the light year? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/e2/) — Ascertain the approximate interval required for light emitted by the Sun to reach the Earth. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/e3/) — Identify the star, other than the Sun, situated nearest to the Earth. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the observation of a distant star. — wrong ✗ · exam

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