Which of the Following Statements About the Milky Way Galaxy

question 92

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Milky Way Galaxy is not true?

• A)It contains between 100 billion and 1 trillion stars.
• B)Our solar system is located very close to the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
• C)Our view of distant objects is obscured by gas and dust when we look into the galactic plane.
• D)The galaxy is about 100,000 light-years in diameter.
• E)One rotation of the galaxy takes more than 200 million years.

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Definitions:

Risky Shift

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Group Polarization

The tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members following group discussion.

Political Organization

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Groupthink

a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people when the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.