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Exploring Exoplanets and Travel

Exploring Exoplanets and Travel

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

This tutorial introduces NASA's Eyes on Exoplanets program, explaining how to navigate the Milky Way galaxy and explore exoplanets. It covers the program's controls, highlights the Kepler 11 system, and discusses travel times to other systems. The tutorial concludes with instructions on exploring planets and returning to the main view.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of our home galaxy?

Andromeda Galaxy

Whirlpool Galaxy

Milky Way Galaxy

Triangulum Galaxy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do we call planets that orbit stars other than our Sun?

Dwarf planets

Comets

Exoplanets

Asteroids

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you move the field of view in the Eyes on Exoplanets program?

By clicking and dragging

By using arrow keys

By using voice commands

By pressing the space bar

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which star system is highlighted for having six planets orbiting it?

Sirius

Proxima Centauri

Alpha Centauri

Kepler 11

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many of Kepler 11's planets orbit within the space between Mercury and the Sun?

Two

Three

Four

Five

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What mode of transport is used in the program to simulate travel to other solar systems?

Jet

Spaceship

Car

Rocket

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the estimated travel time to Kepler 11 using a jet at 600 mph?

200 years

2 billion years

2 million years

20,000 years

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