STAAR Review

During a school trip to the planetarium, Benjamin learned that a collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity is a _________________.

• universe

• solar system

• galaxy

• planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Arjun and Emma are studying astronomy and they come across a diagram that shows the relationship between a star's temperature and its brightness. What is the name of this diagram?

• H-R Diagram

• Einstein Diagram

• Star Cluster Map

• Newton's Chart of Stars

Aria and Arjun are stargazing one night. They notice a large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light. What are they most likely observing?

• Nebula

• Galaxy

• Star

• Planet

During a school trip to the planetarium, Aiden learned that a collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity is a _________________.

• universe

• solar system

• galaxy

• planet

Grace and Rohan are observing stars through a telescope. They want to arrange the stars they see from hottest to coolest. Which arrangement should they choose?

• blue, red, white, yellow orange

• blue, white, yellow, red, orange

• red, white, yellow orange, blue

• blue, white, yellow, orange, red

Ava and Evelyn are looking at a book about space. They wonder, what are the three types of galaxies?

• spiral, regular, liptical

• milky way, elliptical, sprial

• spiral, irregular, ellipitical

• milky way, elliptical, irregular

During a school astronomy club meeting, Samuel showed a picture of a galaxy and asked, "What type of galaxy is pictured?"

• spiral

• irregular

• elliptical

• orbital

Emma and Rohan are looking at a picture of a galaxy. What are found in galaxies?

• ice and rock

• stars and ice

• gas, dust, and stars

• water and dust

Emma learned in her science class that our Sun is average-sized, average temperature, and middle aged.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Liam and Emma are discussing how energy from the Sun reaches Earth. They learn that energy is transferred mainly by ______________________.

• molecular collisions

• density currents

• red shifts

• electromagnetic waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6