CKLA Unit 7 Chapter 6

What is the title of the chapter we read today?

• The sun Earth and our solar system

• Galaxies and Stars

• Asteroids, comets, and meteors

• Space

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Who is an astronomer and what does he do?

• An astronomer is someone who creates solar systems.

• An astronomer is a type of rocket that goes into space.

• An astronomer is a bald guy who swims in a milky way.

• An astronomer is a scientist who studies stars, planets, and outer space.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The galaxy to which our sun and solar system belong is called the Milky Way Galazy.

• False

• True

Our sun is a star, so why do the stars in the night sky look different from the sun?

• The night stars are much, much farther away from Earth than the Sun. If we could get close to the stars, they would look bigger, brighter, and more like the sun.

• The stars in the night sky look different from the sun because they are filled with gas and the sun is not.

• The sun is actually not a star, but a planet, this is a trick question.

Fill in the blank. "Remember that the sun is also a ____."

• Constellation

• Star

• Planet

• Galaxy

What is this a picture of?

• An asteroid belt.

• A spaceship in the sky.

• Stars in the night sky.

• The sun.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

List facts about the Andromeda Galaxy.

• It is 1 mile away from the Milky Way Galaxy.

• It has aliens.

• It is the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way Galaxy.

What shape is the Milky Way Galaxy?

• Square

• Spiral

• Circle

• Sphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

From the text, true or false, Scientists think there are only 8 galaxies in the universe.

• True

• False

A large group of stars clustered together in one area is called what?

• a galaxy

• a cluster

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2