Astronomy Part 1 Review

Light years are good to measure

• distance between stars and galaxies

• how big a planet is

• the radius of an asteroid

• how high clouds are above a planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Craters can often come from.....

• comets

• shooting stars

• asteroids

• meteoroids

Solar winds cause a comet's tail to point

• toward the sun

• away from the sun

• west

• east

Which of the following is an example of a space probe?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• International Space Station

• Mars Rover

• Space Shuttle Atlantis

What space tool works in all kind of weather, day and night?

• radio telescope

• space probe

• spectroscope

• reflecting telescope

Our galaxy, the MILKY WAY, is what type of galaxy?

• elliptical

• irregular

• polygonal

• spiral

Which of the following is a telescope that uses convex lenses?

• space shuttle

• refracting telescope

• reflecting telescope

• spectroscope

An elliptical galaxy is the shape of a

• square

• triangle

• football/oval

• basketball/circle

A group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity is a ______________.

• constellation

• local group

• sun

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Comets are often found in the

• oort cloud

• asteroid belt

• orbit of small planets

• orbit around large planets