Galaxies Unit 2 Lesson 3 Exp 1 Earth's Place in the Universe

Which of the following scientists was the first to use a telescope to observe celestial bodies?

• Marie Curie

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

What are celestial bodies?

• anything found on Earth

• any natural body found outside Earth's atmosphere

• anything found in the oceans

• anything found in the atmosphere

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What object is the center of our Solar System?

• a black hole

• sun

• Earth

• Mars

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What is the shape of the Milky Way Galaxy?

• sphere

• disk

• dodecahedron

• round

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What is a galaxy?

• all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy

• a collection of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

• the planets in our solar system

• Dust and gas

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What is a star?

• a luminous ball of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity.

• A rocky object

• a collection of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

• all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy

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What is a universe?

• all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy

• a collection of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

• a luminous ball of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity.

• the planets in our solar system

Which is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core and bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes?

• galaxy

• globular cluster

• solar system

• universe

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The sun together with all the planets and other celestial bodies that revolve around it is called.....

• solar system

• universe

• galaxy

• star

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What is our galaxy called?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• the Black Eye galaxy

• The Rock