GED Science Practice Test 1
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Avg score: 46% Most missed: “Which statement best explains how the energy from the sun reaches Earth?”

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Light travels at 300,000 km per second in the vacuum of space. The sun produces an enormous amount of energy. Some of that energy reaches Earth in the form of sunlight and affects Earth’s systems.    
 

GED Science Practice Test 1
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1. How does the sun produce its energy?
2. Which statement best explains how the energy from the sun reaches Earth?
3. Why is it usually much colder at the North Pole and the South Pole compared to places nearer the equator?
4. The light from the sun takes approximately 8 minutes to reach us. Approximately how far away is the sun from the Earth?