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Vocabulary Week 7 Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

The _________ researched the gravitational pull of a black hole.

a)

astronomer

b)

quasar

c)

black hole

d)

galaxy

2.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

It is possible for particles in space to become so ________ that they form new stars.

a)

collide

b)

mysterious

c)

compact

d)

intrigued

3.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

Did you know our solar system is in the Milky Way _________?

a)

black hole

b)

galaxy

c)

quasar

d)

particles

4.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

When gas particles _______ in space, they can stick to each other.

a)

collide

b)

compact

c)

intrigue

d)

collapse

5.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

We cannot see them, but there are ________________ at the center of every galaxy.

a)

quasars

b)

mysterious

c)

collapse

d)

black holes

6.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

When stars _________, they can form black holes.

a)

collide

b)

collapse

c)

intrigue

d)

compact

7.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

My brother was ___________ when he saw a comet for the first time.

a)

intrigued

b)

mysterious

c)

compact

d)

quasar

8.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

Some people call space a ______________ frontier because there is so much we don't know about it yet.

a)

intrigued

b)

compact

c)

galaxy

d)

mysterious

9.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

A _________ can sometimes be seen through a telescope as a burst of bright light.

a)

black hole

b)

quasar

c)

astronomer

d)

galaxy

10.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

It is amazing that the tiny ____________ of gases in a nebula can combine to form a star.

a)

quasar

b)

black hole

c)

galaxy

d)

particles

11.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

Have you ever seen a photo of the _________ where we live?

a)

galaxy

b)

black hole

c)

particles

d)

quasar

12.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

Red giants can be formed when stars ___________ , or cave in.

a)

collapse

b)

collide

c)

intrigue

d)

particle

13.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

I never knew that a __________________ had such a strong gravitational pull on the planets around it because of matter collapsing on itself.

a)

quasar

b)

galaxy

c)

black hole

d)

astronomer

14.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

Does the Milky Way Galaxy look like a trail of dust ___________ in space?

a)

collapse

b)

particles

c)

mysterious

d)

compact

15.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

Scientists have not discovered everything in space, which is what makes it so ___________.

a)

intrigued

b)

collapsed

c)

mysterious

d)

compact

16.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

She looked closely at the __________ and wondered if it may contain a black hole.

a)

astronomer

b)

particle

c)

quasar

d)

collapse

17.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

When I grow up, I would like to be an _____________.

a)

quasar

b)

intrigued

c)

black hole

d)

astronomer

18.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

Make sure the yarn is wound up tightly so that it is __________ enough to fit in the small container.

a)

mysterious

b)

collapse

c)

compact

d)

collide

19.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

Aren't you ___________ by the thought of travelling to another galaxy?

a)

mysterious

b)

intrigued

c)

collided

d)

collapsed

20.

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:

The astronaut was careful not to let the asteroid _________ with his spaceship.

a)

collide

b)

collapse

c)

intrigue

d)

quasar