WorksheetsCosmos - Episode 4
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does William Herschel mean when he tells his son there is a “sky full of ghosts”?
a)
They are flying all around and going...Boo!
b)
The light from faraway stars can take many years to reach Earth. By the time it reaches us the Stars may already be dead.
c)
Stars are ghosts because they only come out at night.
2.
How fast does light travel in space
a)
100,000 kilometers per hour
b)
way fast, yo!
c)
300,000 kilometers per second
3.
Why do we see the sun rise before it is over the horizon?
a)
Light allows our eyes to time travel
b)
The surface of the Earth is curved
c)
We don't. It's an optical illusion.
d)
The Earth's atmosphere bends the light.
4.
How far away is Neptune (not that other place) from the earth in light hours?
a)
4
b)
40
c)
14
5.
How long would it take the Voyager Spacecraft to reach the nearest star in our galaxy?
a)
8000 plus years
b)
800 plus years
c)
80,000 plus years
6.
Using the idea of how fast light travels, how do scientists know our universe is older than 6500 years?
a)
We know objects are farther away then 6500 light years away. Therefore light from them would not have had enough time to reach us.
b)
We don't really know, it's all guess work.
c)
The universe is 6500 years old.
7.
How far away is the oldest galaxy we’ve every discovered?
a)
13.4 billion light years
b)
134 billion light years
c)
1.34 billion light years
d)
Like, dude, so far away.
8.
Why does no one know what happened before the Big Bang?
a)
No one has ever asked that question before
b)
No one was there watching with a cellphone camera
c)
No evidence survives from before that moment
9.
How long after the Big Bang did it take for stars to form?
a)
a few thousand million years
b)
a few hundred million years
c)
a few billion years
10.
Who discovered field forces that act on us even when we’re not touching other objects?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
James Maxwell
c)
William Herschel
d)
Michael Faraday
11.
How fast do waves move through space, as calculated by James Maxwell?
a)
Speed of sound
b)
Speed of Naveen
c)
Speed of light
12.
Why did Einstein’s family move from Germany to Northern Italy?
a)
His dad's business had failed
b)
His dad failed his business
c)
The business of dad was failure
13.
What two things did the book Einstein read as a kid discuss on the first page?
a)
The speed of light and the speed of Usain Bolt
b)
The speed of electricity through wires and light through a room
c)
The speed of electricity through wires and light through space
14.
What did Einstein call the “rules” that must be obeyed when traveling at high speeds?
a)
The principals of Avondale
b)
The Fresh principles of Bel Air
c)
The principles of relativity
15.
What is the name of the man Neil deGrasse Tyson calls “one of the greatest scientists you’ve probably never heard of” and what did he discover?
a)
Jan Oort, a cloud of asteroids.
b)
John Mitchell, theorized Black Holes
c)
Joni Mitchell, sang about paving paradise and putting up parking lots
d)
Sean Odell, Avondale's secret society of illuminati
16.
What happened to the fire hydrant when it was exposed to 100,000g?
a)
crushed and flattened
b)
thoroughly discouraged
c)
bummed out, man
17.
What is the name of the first black hole ever discovered and how did we “see” it?
a)
Sirius Black, Harry Potter saw him
b)
Sirius XM, we don't see it. We hear it.
c)
Signus X1, xrays
18.
Why does Neil deGrasse Tyson call black holes the “subway system of the Universe”?
a)
They are dark and scary
b)
They cost money to use
c)
You could possibly travel great distances in Spacetime. Maybe even alternate Universes.
19.
If getting sucked into a black hole could cause an explosion similar to the Big Bang, what would be in the center of that black hole?
a)
Other universes
b)
The asterix planet
c)
That question hurts my head
20.
What type of “time travel” did John Herschel invent?
a)
Phonography
b)
Autobiography
c)
Photography
21.
What is the date that Neil deGrasse Tyson met Carl Sagan in Ithaca, New York?
a)
October 31, 2016
b)
November 9th, 1971
c)
December 20th, 1975
d)
December 20th, 1875
22.
Bonus! The actor that provided the voice for William Herschel is...
a)
Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek The Next Generation
b)
Professor X from the X-Men movies
c)
All of the above
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