Science Chapter 11

The Milky Way is the name of Earth's _________.

• Best candy bar

• Galaxy

• Solar System

• Sun

An ________________ galaxy has no specific shape.

• irregular

• weird

• spiral

• elliptical

The constellation that is part of Ursa Major is the _____.

• Leo the lion

• Pegasus

• Big Dipper

• Scary bear

A galaxy that looks like a pinwheel and has arms that branch out fro the center is called a __________ galaxy.

• oval

• irregular

• twisted

• spiral

How do telescopes help astronomers do their job?

• Telescopes make thins that are faraway appear closer.

• Telescopes make things look smaller.

• Telescopes make things look farther away.

• Telescopes make things look rounder.

How can the north star help someone lost in the woods?

• They can find north and then know that east is to their right and west is to their left.

• They can follow it to the nearest city.

• It shows them where the sun will come up.

• It always leads them back to their campground.

Comets are

• frozen chunks of ice, dust, and rock that orbit the sun

• a chunk of rock and metal that orbits the sun

• round and very hot

• tall and quite mean

meteors are

• meteoroids that enter the earth's atmosphere and burn up

• a group of stars that for a pattern

• a meteoroid that lands on the earth's surface

• short and round

asteroids are

• a chunk of rock and metal that orbits the sun

• hot burning gasses

• a meteoroid that lands on the earth's surface

• a chunk of ice that orbits the sun

constellations are

• groups of stars that for a pattern that look like an animal, person, or an object

• a chunk of rock and metal that orbits the sun

• the study of the universe, including the sun, the planets, and all other objects in space

• very pretty