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WorksheetsHow Big, How Far, How Fast
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 15mins
In the observable part of the universe, there are how many galaxies?
one million
one hundred million
one billion
one hundred billion
How fast is the earth orbiting the sun?
660 mph
6,600 mph
66,000 mph
660,000 mph
Numbers like millions, billions, and trillions are hard for people to understand.
True
False
Bigger always means more massive.
True
False
The Sun is how many times more massive than Jupiter?
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
The monster truck and junk car represent which stars?
Regulus/Sun
Sun/Antares
Aldebaran/Betelgeuse
Zuben-el- Genubi/Sun
Regulus is ____ times more massive than our Sun.
2
3
4
5
The most massive star we know is how many times more massive than our Sun?
100-150 times
150-200 times
200-250 times
250-300 times
You mash 10,000,000 monster trucks into the size of a sugar cube. Putting sugar cubes together, how big a stack of cubes would be needed to equal a neutron star?
5 miles high and wide.
10 miles high and wide.
15 miles high and wide.
20 miles high and wide.
How much more would you weigh on a neutron star than on Earth?
500,000
5,000,000
500,000,000
5,000,000,000
How long would it take a passenger jet to circle fully VY Canis Majoris once?
120 years
1,200 years
12,000 years
120,000 years
If the Earth were the size of a basketball and the moon the size of a tennis ball, how far would it be from the basketball?
6 feet
11 feet
16 feet
21 feet
If the Sun were the size of a bowling ball, how far away would Mercury be from the Sun?
36 feet
93 feet
142 feet
484 feet
2,798 feet
If the Sun were the size of a bowling ball, how far away would Earth be from the Sun?
36 feet
93 feet
142 feet
484 feet
2,798 feet
If the Sun were the size of a bowling ball, how far away would Mars be from the Sun?
36 feet
93 feet
142 feet
484 feet
2,798 feet
If the Sun were the size of a bowling ball, how far away would Jupiter be from the Sun?
36 feet
93 feet
142 feet
484 feet
2,798 feet
If the Sun were the size of a bowling ball, how far away would Neptune be from the Sun?
36 feet
93 feet
142 feet
484 feet
2,798 feet
If light were bouncing between LA and NY, it could do 38 bounces in one second.
True
False
How fast is the Sun going around the galaxy?
4,830 mph
48,300 mph
483,000 mph
4,830,000 mph
The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is…
250,000 light years
2,500,000 light years
250,000,000 light years
250,000,000,000 light years
If the Milky Way were in Los Angeles, one hundred miles across, where would the Andromeda Galaxy be?
Boston
Chicago
New York
Washington, D.C.
The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will eventually collide.
True
False
