Galaxies Guided Lesson

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This fuzzy band of light in the night skys is the Milky Way, our Galaxy

Galileo discovered that the light in it is actually stars.

Multiple Choice

If you were to look up at the night sky on a clear night outside of the city you may see this moving across the sky....

• The Northern Lights

• The Milky Way Galaxy

• The Asteroid Belt

3 Main Types (based on shape)

- Spiral

- Elliptical

- Irregular

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Multiple Choice

What do scientists believe is at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy?

• A wormhole

• The Sun

• A supermassive black hole

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the galaxy we live in?

• M38

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Andromeda Galaxy

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How does our Solar System move within the Milky Way Galaxy?​

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Multiple Choice

How are galaxies held together?

• Electromagnetism

• Love

• Gravity

• Inertia

Multiple Choice

Elliptical, spiral, and irregular are all types of ______.

• solar systems

• universes

• galaxies

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular 

• Samsung

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy has no defined pattern or shape?

• Spiral 

• Elliptical

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

What are the the 3 types of galaxies?

• Spiral, Gibbous, and Crescent Galaxies

• Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies

•  Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Spiral Galaxies

• Milky Way, Samsung Galaxies, and Irregular Galaxies

Multiple Choice

The type of galaxy that is composed of the older, low mass, and dwarf stars.

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

• Constellation

Multiple Choice

How many stars are in a galaxy.

• millions or billions

• thousands

• hundreds

• dozens

Match

Match the galaxies.

• Irregular

• Spiral

• Elliptical

A galaxy with no set shape

A galaxy with arms protruding out of the center

A galaxy shaped like a ball

• A galaxy with no set shape

• A galaxy with arms protruding out of the center

• A galaxy shaped like a ball

Multiple Choice

Irregular galaxies have a distinct shape

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What galaxy is the Milky Way?

• Irregular

• Elliptical

• Spiral

Multiple Choice

What galaxy is this?

• Irregular

• Spiral

• Elliptical

Multiple Choice

What galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Irregular

• Elliptical

Multiple Choice

What galaxy is this?

• Elliptical

• Irregular

• Spiral

Multiple Choice

The distance light travels through space in one year is a

• space-year

• light-year

• distance-year

• solar-year

Multiple Choice

From the choices presented - which is the largest object or structure in space?

• Earth

• The Sun

• The Solar System

• The asteroid belt

Multiple Choice

The largest single object in the solar system is ______.

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Earth

• The Sun

Multiple Choice

It would take a single beam of light about ______ years to travel across the Milky Way.

• 1 million

• 10

• 100,000

• 1 billion

Explanation Slide...

In space, there is no air, so sound has nothing to travel through. If someone were to scream in space, the sound wouldn't even leave their mouths.

Multiple Choice

Why can't anyone hear if you scream in space?

• There's no gravity in space

• There are no rules in space

• There's no air in space

• There's no vacuum in space

Match

Match the following

Spiral Galaxy

Elliptical Galaxy

Irregular Galaxy

• Spiral Galaxy

• Elliptical Galaxy

• Irregular Galaxy