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The Milky Way And Other Galaxies

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a galaxy ?

a)

A scientific name for the solar system where the planet and stars orbit in it

b)

A very large system of gas and dust clouds called nebulas, stars and objects that orbit stars

c)

The biggest star in existence

d)

A group of objects

2.

What is Milky way ?

a)

A star which is 45 million lightyears away from our solar system

b)

A black hole near the center of our galaxy

c)

The galaxy next to us

d)

It is where the Earth and the other planets and moons in our solar system are a in a part of it

3.

What is a light year ?

a)

A unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures

b)

A unit of mass used to express weights of planets and other stars or objects in space

c)

The length of earth to mars

d)

The length of earth to moon

4.

1 lightyear is how many km?

a)

Around 4 trillion km

b)

Around 6 trillion km

c)

Around 9 trillion km

d)

Around 9 million km

5.

What is a asteroid?

a)

A small rocky body orbiting the sun, ranging enormously in size

b)

A big rock which travels through space

c)

A big rock which was a abandoned planet

d)

A big rock with living on it

6.

What is a meteor?

a)

A small rock with a definite volume

b)

A small rock which is transparent

c)

A rock with no definite volume

d)

A small body of matter from outer space

7.

What is a black hole?

a)

A hole which is black

b)

Is a region in the center of a galaxy with an extremely strong gravitational pull

c)

A region where two galaxies collide

d)

A region where to stars collide

8.

What is the nearest star to the sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Moon

c)

Icarus

d)

Proxima centauria

9.

How many light years away is the sun from icarus

a)

7 billion lightyears

b)

12 billion lightyears

c)

9 billion lightyears

d)

6 billion lightyears

10.

What is the nearest galaxy to the milky way?

a)

Virgo A

b)

Andromeda galaxy

c)

Cygnus A

d)

Magellannic clouds