E.S. Warm-up quiz 4/18-4/19

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular 
• Irrational

What type of galaxy has no defined pattern or shape?

• Spiral 
• Elliptical
• Irregular
• Constellation

What are galaxies held together by?

• Gravitational Attraction
• Stars
• Other galaxies
• Dust and Gas

What are the the 3 types of galaxies?

• Spiral Galaxies, Regular Galaxies, and Lliptical Galaxies
• Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies
•  Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Spiral Galaxies
• Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Irregular Galaxies

Place these objects in order from smallest to largest.

• Planets, solar system, universe, galaxy
• Solar system, planets, galaxy, universe
• Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe
• Galaxy, solar system, planets, universe

Distance measurement used by astronomers for distant objects.

• Kilometers
• Light Years
• Miles
• Light Seconds

How far is the sun from the earth?

• 4.3 light-minutes
• 680 light-years
• 8.4 light-minutes
• 9 light years

What is 1 Astronomical Unit?

• The distance from the center of the earth to the center of the sun.
• The distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon.
• The distance of one entire revolution around the Sun by the Earth.
• The distance Light travels in a year.

What is the name of our galaxy? 

• Our galaxy is called the Milky Way galaxy 
• Our galaxy is called the Andromeda galaxy 
• Our galaxy is called the Grand spiral  galaxy. 
• Our galaxy is called the Whirlpool galaxy.

How many stars are in a galaxy.

• millions or billions
• thousands
• hundreds
• Ten