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WorksheetsMilky Way and More
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What makes up a galaxy?
Gas, dust, stars and objects that orbit stars
Liquids, dust bunnies, celebrities and fast cars
Solids, dander, musicians and their entourages
None of the above
What is known as "a large system of stars held together by common gravity and isolated from other systems by the vastness of space"?
A planet
A galaxy
A solar system
A universe
Our home galaxy is called the ...
(a)
Our star, the sun... (select all that apply)
Is the only star in the galaxy
Is the only star in the universe
Is the only star in our solar system
Is one of billions of stars in the universe
Is the closest star to Earth
I feel this comfortable with the material we have learned on galaxies so far...
Level 4: I am confident that I could teach it to others.
Level 3: I am confident that I understand all of it well.
Level 2: I am confident that I understand some of it well.
Level 1: I am not confident that I understand much of it at all.
The Milky Way is this type of galaxy:
Barred composition
Composition notebook
Barred spiral
Spiral notebook
True or false: Most stars in our galaxy are visible from Earth.
True
False
A [blank] is an object in space that emits energy in the form of visible light.
(a)
Which color indicates the hottest stars?
Red Orange
Red
Yellow
White
Blue
Compared to other stars in the galaxy, our Sun is...
Red orange, large sized and medium in brightness
Red orange, average sized and strong in brightness
Blue, large sized and medium in brightness
Yellow, average sized and medium in brightness
Why would a star that is very large appear small in the sky?
Because it is close to Earth
Because it is far away from Earth
Because it is a yellow star
Because it is a star of average brightness
The universe... (select all that apply)
Is home to approximately 100 billion galaxies
Is a collection of galaxies and all the matter within them
Contains interstellar dust, gas, particles and much more
Is short for university
Is the name of a really cool rapper
The Milky Way galaxy got its name...
Because the scientist who discovered it loved candy bars
Because the scientist who discovered it was named Mr. Milk
Because it looks like a puddle of milk in the sky
Just for the fun of it
Which is the biggest
A planet
A galaxy
A universe
A solar system
Which is the correct list of planets in our solar system?
Misery, Venom, Earth, Marsh, Juniper, Saturday, Unruly, Netflix
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
My Viral E-mail Message Just Shocked Uncle Nate
Mercury, Venom, Earth, Match, Jupiter, Suntan, Uranus, I-Tunes
