5th Space

Chase read that astronomers learned about our home galaxy, the Milky Way, using satellites and telescopes. Based on what astronomers know today, what makes up the Milky Way Galaxy?

• One star, some planets, and their moons

• Comets, asteroids, planets, and their moons

• Millions of planets and their moons that orbit a star

• Millions of stars, objects orbiting those stars, gas, and dust

What galaxy do we live in?

• The Universe

• The Solar System

• Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

• spiral

• barred

• irregular

• elliptical

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Why do most stars look like points of light?

• They are very small.

• They are very far away.

Which of the following make up a galaxy? Select all that apply

• Gas

• Dust

• Universes

• Stars

• Planets

identify the object: these objects are smaller, icy, and hurling through space. When they get near a planet or the sun they have a shimmering tail as they melt.

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Planets

• moons

identify the object: massive round objects that are comprised of gases. They are extreamely cold and take a very longtime to orbit around the sun.

• inner planets

• outer planets

• Asteroids

• Suns

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Identify the object:

an oddly shapen, smaller, rocky objects that orbits around the sun. There is a large area between Jupiter and mars that you can find a lot of these rocky mishapen objects floating through space

• Comets

• Moons

• Planets

• Asteroids

Identify the object:

This object is smaller then most planets and will even orbit around a planet. Sometimes there can be none, one, two, or even 79 of these orbiting around a single planet

• moon

• sun

• outer planet

• asteroid

What orbits each star in a galaxy?

• planets and galaxies

• other stars and planets
• other stars and galaxies
• planets, comets, and gas/dust

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2