Exploring Space Review

What model is where the earth is in the middle of our universe?

• Heliocentric Model
• Geocentric Model
• Moon phases
• Tidal Phases

What Model is where the sun is the center of the universe?

• Geocentric
• Heliocentric
• Earth's rotations
• Earth's planets

How do planets orbit the sun?

• circle

• ellipse

• square

• rectangle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is a comet?

• rocky, metallic tiny planet that orbits the sun
• chunk of dirt and ices
• a mixture of gases
• a smaller chunk of stony matter, also known as a shooting star

A small space rock that makes it into Earth’s surface without burning up is called a ...

• Meteor
• Meteoroid
• Asteroid
• Meteorite

a light year is the distance

• light travels in two years
• light travels in one year
• humans can travel in one year in space
• none of the above

A __________________________ is a huge collection of stars, gases, and dust that is classified by shape.

• galaxy
• Big Bang Theory
• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What process takes place inside a star to generate energy?

• Nuclear fission
• Hydrogen Creation
• Nuclear fusion
• Helium forming

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?

• Stars Get Larger
• Stars get Colder
• Stars get hotter

An object that is so dense and has such powerful gravity that nothing can escape from it, not even light

• White Dwarf

• Supernova

• Meteor

• Black Hole