Universe Review

Reorder

Order these SMALLEST to LARGEST

• Planet

• Star

• Solar System

• Galaxy

• Universe

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2

3

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5

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Order these from LARGEST to SMALLEST

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar System

• Star

• Planet

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the most widely accepted scientific theory of how the Universe formed?

• Steady State

• Big Bang

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

Multiple Choice

When using a spectroscope, light from the stars of distant galaxies appear

• blue

• green

• yellow

• red

Multiple Choice

When light from galaxies are red shifted, that tells us the galaxies are

• moving away from us

• moving towards us

• light does not tell us anything

• remaining stationary

Multiple Choice

The fact that galaxies are moving away from us supports the Big Bang and that

• the Universe is expanding

• the Universe is shrinking

• the Universe has not changed over time

• the Universe is contracting

Match

Match the picture of the galaxy to its name.

Spiral

Elliptical

Barred-spiral

Irregular

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Barred-spiral

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

Galaxies are classified by their

• size

• shape

• color

• mass

Multiple Choice

Where is our solar system located?

• In the center of the Milky Way galaxy

• In the outer edge of the Andromeda galaxy

• In an outer arm of the Milky Way galaxy

• Near the center bulge of the Milky Way galaxy

Match

Match the name of the model or theory to its description.

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Big Bang

Sun centered model of solar system

Earth centered model of solar system

Origin of the Universe

• Sun centered model of solar system

• Earth centered model of solar system

• Origin of the Universe

Match

Match the following diagrams to the correct picture.

Big Bang

Geocentric

Heliocentric

• Big Bang

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

Multiple Choice

Which is the accepted model of the solar system today and why?

• The geocentric model because the sun and planets orbit Earth.

• The geocentric model because all the planets orbit the sun.

• The heliocentric model because all the planets orbit the sun.

• The heliocentric model because the sun and planets orbit Earth.

Match

Match the astronomer to his contribution

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Kepler

• Newton

Proposed Heliocentric Model

Supported Geocentric Model

Discovered 4 moons orbiting Jupiter

Discovered elliptical orbit of planets

Law of Universal Gravitation

• Proposed Heliocentric Model

• Supported Geocentric Model

• Discovered 4 moons orbiting Jupiter

• Discovered elliptical orbit of planets

• Law of Universal Gravitation

Match

Match the following

• spectroscope

• telescope

• nebula

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

separates light into a spectrum

Used to discover moons of Jupiter

large cloud of dust and gas in space

largest galaxy in Local Group

Home to our solar system

• separates light into a spectrum

• Used to discover moons of Jupiter

• large cloud of dust and gas in space

• largest galaxy in Local Group

• Home to our solar system