Universe and solar system

Approximately how old is the universe?

• 10.3 billion years

• 12.5 billion years

• 13.7 billion years

• 5 billion years

When did our Solar System form?

• 13.7 billion years ago

• 500 million years ago

• 4 billion years ago

• 5 billion years ago

In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?

• Stars get larger
• Stars get colder
• Stars get hotter
• Stars get smaller

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What property determines the eventual fate of a star?

• size

• temperature

• mass

• luminosity

As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum

(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

• redshift

• blueshift

• unshift

• blackshift

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

All stars (and most of the visible universe) are made up of which two elements?

• Helium and Lithium

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Hydrogen and Ferrium

• Carbon and Oxygen

A small icy body that orbits the sun

• meteoriod

• asteroid

• comet

• Oort cloud

a light year is a measurement of

• speed

• distance

• time

• space

This is the heat source for our planet

• the moon

• comets

• the inner core

• the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In ____shift, the galaxies appear _____ in color b/c they are moving away from us.

• Red, Blue

• Blue, Red

• Blue, Blue

• Red, Red

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2