WorksheetsUniverse and Galaxies
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of galaxy is this?
a)
Ring
b)
Irregular
c)
Spiral
d)
Elliptical
2.
What kind of galaxy is this?
a)
Barred Spiral
b)
Irregular
c)
Peculiar
d)
Ring
3.
What kind of galaxy is this?
a)
Peculiar
b)
Active Galaxy: Quasar
c)
Spiral
d)
Elliptical
4.
One light year is a...
a)
A length of time
b)
A distance
c)
A galaxy
d)
A measure of gravity
5.
Which of the following is the smallest?
a)
The Milky Way Galaxy
b)
A red giant star
c)
The moon
d)
Jupiter
6.
True or False: The sun is much bigger than most of the stars in the sky.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
How many stars are in an average sized galaxy?
a)
Hundreds
b)
Thousands
c)
Millions
d)
Billions
8.
Our galaxy is a ________ galaxy.
a)
Irregular
b)
Elliptical
c)
Spiral
d)
Twirl
9.
At the center of most, if not all, galaxies is a _________.
a)
Giant Sun
b)
Black Hole
c)
Big Bang
d)
White Dwarf
10.
The closest star to the sun is the...
a)
Sirius A
b)
Barnard's Star
c)
Luhman16
d)
Proxima Centauri
11.
The halo contains .....
a)
old stars
b)
young stars
c)
old and young stars
d)
lots of dust and gas
12.
The part of a spiral galaxy that contains the spiral arms.
a)
galactic center
b)
galactic bulge
c)
disk
d)
halo
13.
Evidence for the Big Bang
a)
Redshift of galaxies
b)
Cool temperatures
c)
Low radiation amounts
d)
Supernova
14.
Beginning of space, matter, time and radiation.
a)
Spiral
b)
Big Bang
c)
Elliptical
d)
Low density
15.
Hubble's Law can be summarized as ...
a)
The greater the distance away, the faster the movement away.
b)
The greater the distance, the fainter the galaxy.
c)
The more massive the galaxy, the more distant it is.
d)
The older the galaxy, the dimmer it is.
16.
Universe is expanding because ...
a)
most galaxies are moving toward us.
b)
of cosmic background radiaiton
c)
galaxies further away are moving away from us faster.
d)
most stars are moving toward us.
17.
Which is not a galaxy type?
a)
elliptical
b)
halo
c)
spiral
d)
elliptical
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