Space Club 12 - History of Astronomy

The History of Astronomy

Space Club 12

Multiple Choice

What do you call a system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravitational attraction?

• Space

• Constellation

• Galaxy

• Star

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What is our galaxy called?

This is the Milky Way Galaxy.

​This is Andromeda Galaxy.

Multiple Choice

What do we call a group of stars that forms a pattern that has been recognized and named by scientists?

• Constellation

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Asterism

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the specific group of stars that forms a pattern or a picture in the sky by connecting the stars?

• Mysterism

• Asteroid

• Asterism

• Astrolabe

Multiple Choice

Asterism cannot be part of a constellation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

________ is everything that exists by the power of God, including galaxies, stars, planets, and living creatures.

• Constellation

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Solar System

Multiple Choice

Who was the scientist that discovered rings around Saturn?

• Hipparchus

• Galileo Galilei

• Erastothenes

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Multiple Choice

A group of stars that forms a picture in the sky by connecting the stars, and can be part of a constellation.

• Nebula

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Asterism

Multiple Choice

What do we call a force of attraction that exists between two masses?

• Electricity

• Magnetism

• Gravity

• Kinetic force

Multiple Choice

One of 88 groups of stars that form a pattern that has been recognized and named by scientists.

• Asterism

• Galaxy

• Constellation

• Supernova

Multiple Choice

What do we call a measure of how much matter is in an object?

• Mass

• Density

• Solubility

• Weight

Multiple Choice

What do we call the measure of the force of gravity on an object?

• Mass

• Weight

• Volume

• Force

Multiple Choice

True or False: An object's mass will change if gravity changes, but its weight will not.

• True

• False

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What is a round body that orbits a star?

Multiple Choice

We only call planets those celestial bodies that have the surface that is solid enough to stand on.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What do we call an imaginary line around which a planet rotates?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Axis

• Equator

Multiple Choice

A layer of gases that surrounds a planet is called...

• Troposphere

• Litospehere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

Multiple Choice

What do we call a path followed by an object revolving around another object, cause by gravity?

• Orbit

• Path

• Trajectory

• Route

Multiple Choice

A body in space made mostly of ice and rock is called a ...

• meteorite

• meteor

• comet

• asteroid

Multiple Choice

A meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere and is being burned up is a...

• meteorite

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

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Another name for shooting stars is

Multiple Choice

A small, irregularly shaped space rock, typically broken off from an asteroid or comet.

• Asteroidite

• Meteroite

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

Multiple Choice

An irregularly shaped body in space that orbits our sun, is smaller than a planet, and is made of rock, iron, piles of dust and pebbles, and other materials.

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Comet

Multiple Choice

When a meteoroid makes it through Earth's atmosphere without being burned up and hits Earth's surface it becomes a ...

• asteroid

• meteor

• meteorite

• crater

Multiple Choice

What do you call the sun and all the planets, asteroids, moons, and other objects that revolve around it?

• Planetary System

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar System

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the science that studies the universe and matter outside of Earth's atmosphere?

• Geology

• Astronomy

• Physics

• Astrology