WorksheetsGalaxies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
2.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
3.
What type of galaxy has no defined pattern or shape?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Constellation
4.
What are galaxies held together by?
a)
Gravitational Attraction
b)
Stars
c)
Other galaxies
d)
Dust and Gas
5.
What are the the 3 types of galaxies?
a)
Spiral Galaxies, Regular Galaxies, and Lliptical Galaxies
b)
Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies
c)
Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Spiral Galaxies
d)
Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Irregular Galaxies
6.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
7.
The type of galaxy that is composed of the older stars and low-mass stars.
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Constellation
8.
The closest star to the sun is the...
a)
Sirius A
b)
Barnard's Star
c)
Luhman16
d)
Proxima Centauri
9.
Place these objects in order from smallest to largest.
a)
Planets, solar system, universe, galaxy
b)
Solar system, planets, galaxy, universe
c)
Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe
d)
Galaxy, solar system, planets, universe
10.
Distance measurement used by astronomers for distant objects.
a)
Kilometers
b)
Light Years
c)
Miles
d)
Light Seconds
11.
How far is the sun from the earth?
a)
4.3 light-minutes
b)
680 light-years
c)
8.4 light-minutes
d)
9 light years
12.
What is 1 Astronomical Unit?
a)
The distance from the center of the earth to the center of the sun.
b)
The distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon.
c)
The distance of one entire revolution around the Sun by the Earth.
d)
The distance Light travels in a year.
13.
What is the name of our galaxy?
a)
Our galaxy is called the Milky Way galaxy
b)
Our
galaxy is called the Andromeda galaxy
c)
Our
galaxy is called the Grand spiral galaxy.
d)
Our galaxy is called the Whirlpool galaxy.
14.
Does light travel instantaneously (right away)?
a)
Light does not travel instantaneously; it takes time for light to travel through the universe.
b)
Light travels instantaneously; it takes no time for
light to travel through the universe.
15.
When we look at images of astronomical bodies are we looking at them in the present?
a)
Looking at current images of distant astronomical bodies
is like looking back in time; the light that we see does not show what the
object looks like now but how it looked when the light was emitted.
b)
Looking at current images of distant astronomical bodies
is like looking forward in time; the light that we see does not show what the
object looks like now but how it will look when our galaxies align.
c)
Looking at current images of distant astronomical bodies
is like looking at a our current point in time; the light that we see shows what the
object looks like now.
16.
Earth is __________ astronomical units from the Sun…
a)
A. 0.5
b)
B. 0.8
c)
C. 1.0
d)
D. 1.5
17.
How many stars are in a galaxy.
a)
millions or billions
b)
thousands
c)
hundreds
d)
Ten
18.
What are in galaxies?
a)
ice and rock
b)
dust, gas, and stars
c)
stars and ice
d)
water and dust
19.
A galaxy is a large collection of stars, gas and dust. What is responsible for holding the stars, gas, and dust together in a galaxy?
a)
heat
b)
light
c)
gravity
d)
friction
20.
The Milky Way galaxy is an example of an irregular galaxy
a)
true
b)
false
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