Destination: Space--Stars

True or False: Although they look small in the night sky, many stars are larger than Earth.

• True

• False

Because they are so large, stars create this force to hold them together...

• gravity

• electromagnetism

• nuclear force

• black holes

What is at the center of our solar system?

• The Moon

• The Sun

• The Earth

Stars are made mostly of burning -

• lava

• gasses

• clouds

• vapor

The surface of the sun has a temperature of about -

• 1,000 degrees Farenheit

• 10,000 degrees Farenheit

• 100,000 degrees Farenheit

• 1 millioon degrees Farenheit

Our sun is so large, about how many Earths could fit inside it?

• One Hundred

• One Thousand

• One Million

• One Billion

True or False: A spacecraft has visited the closest star (Proxima Centauri) that is outside our solar system.

• True

• False

The study of objects in space is called -

• Constellations

• Astronomy

• Archeology

• Star Gazing

Stars and constellations seem to move across the sky because--

• The sun sets at different times

• Some stars are brighter than others

• Earth is spinning on its axis

• The suns rays highlight them at different times

The Big Dipper is part of the larger constellation called -

• Polaris

• Ursa Minor (Little Bear)

• Ursa Major (Great Bear)

• Alpha Centauri