Components of the Universe Vocabulary

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular 

• Irrational

A massive collection of gas, stars, and dust is known as a 

• solar system

• galaxy

• sun

• planet

Our sun is a 

• star

• planet

• galaxy

• quasar

Which of the following statements best describes the Milky Way?

• It's a nebula containing about 200 billion stars.

• It is a spiral galaxy containing about 200 billion stars. 

• It is an elliptical galaxy containing about 200 billion stars.

• It is one of billions of solar systems in the galaxy.

What shape is our galaxy?

• spiral

• irregular

• lenticular

• elliptical

What are nebulae?

• galaxies with an oval or egg shape

• large orbiting rocks in the asteroid belt

• large clouds of gas and dust where stars are born

• the galaxy our solar system is in

Which is the correct order, from largest to smallest?

• star, solar system, universe, galaxy

• star, solar system, galaxy, universe

• universe, solar system, galaxy, star

• universe, galaxy, solar system, star

Galaxies are composed of (best answer)

• stars

• stars and gas

• stars, dust, and gas

• stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

Our galaxy is called the

• Earth Nebula

• The Hubble Galaxy

• The Milky Way

• The Snickers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Distance measurement used by astronomers for distant objects.

• Kilometers

• Light Years

• Miles

• Light Seconds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3