Astronomy Unit Review

The sun is an example of a _________.

• planet

• meteorite

• star

• comet

Get out your ESRT. Use the Characteristics of Stars Chart at the top of pg. 15 for questions 2-5. What color stars are the hottest?

• red

• yellow

• white

• blue

Which star is about 3000 degrees Kelvin and 100,000 times brighter than the Sun. *You must spell it correctly!

Which star has a higher luminosity and a lower surface temperature than the Sun?

• Rigel

• Barnard’s Star

• Alpha Centauri

• Aldebaran

Which table below correctly contrasts the temperature and luminosity of each star with our Sun?

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Which of the following is the correct order from smallest to the largest?

• universe, solar system, galaxy

• galaxy, solar system, universe

• solar system, universe, galaxy

• solar system, galaxy, universe

What is the correct placement of the objects in our solar system?

• The sun revolves around the planets and the moons rotate around the sun

• The planets revolve around the sun and the moons revolve around the planets.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The object at the center of our solar system.

• Sun

• moon

• orbit

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A galaxy is a collection of

• planets

• moons

• millions or billions of stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The galaxy we are a part of is called:

• Milky Way

• Andromeda

• Whirlpool

• Sombrero