WorksheetsEarth’s Place in the Universe P4
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why does our sun appear so bright compared to other larger stars in the sky?
It is a larger in size than most stars
It burns hotter than most stars
It is closer to Earth than other stars
What is the unit of distance we use to measure in space called?
space year
star year
light year
planet year
The ancient Greeks named the Milky Way after comparing it to
a Greek god.
the candy bar.
a milky white river.
an ancient galaxy that existed a long time ago.
The Milky Way measures ____ light years in length.
26,000
1 million
1000
100 thousand
Our Sun and solar system lies within the ____ arm of the Milky Way galaxy.
Cygnus
Perseus
Sagittarius
Orion
Variable stars are stars that fluctuate in
size.
magnetic field strength.
temperature.
brightness.
These type of clusters with variable stars orbit the Milky Way and other galaxies.
open clusters
closed clusters
globular clusters
stellar associations
What is the name of our galaxy?
Milk Bone
Milky Way
The Solar System
The Universe
A light year is ____________________
the year I lost most of my weight.
the distance it took Han Solo to make the Kessel Run.
the distance it takes a particle of light to travel in one year.
the part of the Milky Way that has the most stars.
Who was the first to discover, or at least record, that clusters were composed of many stars?
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Edwin Hubble
