CKLA Unit 7 Lesson 6 questions

The stars do not look like the sun because they are all a lot smaller than the sun.

• true

• false

Stars are similar in size, color, and brightness.

• true

• false

Other stars are balls of hot gas, just like the sun.

• true

• false

The Greek root astron means sky.

• true

• false

Our solar system is in the Andromeda Galaxy.

• true

• false

Scientists who study the stars and outer space are called (a)  

• astronomers.
• astronomists.
• zoologists.
• astrologists.

A large group of stars that cluster together in one area is a (a)  

• galaxy.
• planet.
• constellation.
• meteor.

The Milky Way Galaxy has a ______ shape.

The sun is a planet.

• true

• false

Why is our galaxy called The Milky Way?