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Galaxies Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of galaxy is this?

a)

Spiral

b)

Elliptical

c)

Irregular

d)

Lenticular

2.

What type of galaxy is this?

a)

Spiral

b)

Elliptical

c)

Irregular

d)

Lenticular

3.

What type of galaxy is this?

a)

Spiral

b)

Elliptical

c)

Irregular

d)

Lenticular

4.

What galaxy do we live in?

a)

Snickers

b)

3 Muskateers

c)

Mars

d)

Milky Way

5.

How old is the Milky Way Galaxy?

a)

4.6 million years

b)

4.6 billion years

c)

13.7 million years

d)

13.0 billion years

6.

Galaxies are classified by their....

a)

Size

b)

Density

c)

Brightness

d)

Shape

7.

Why do scientists classify data?

a)

It keeps them busy

b)

Helps them stay organized

c)

They need something to do

d)

Scientists like to enter numbers

8.

Approximately how many stars does the Milky Way galaxy have?

a)

100 billion stars

b)

700 billion stars

c)

1100 billion stars

d)

1500 billion stars

9.

Describe where our sun and solar system are located in the Milky Way galaxy

a)

Directly in the center

b)

We are outside the galaxy

c)

We are at the end of one of the spiral arms

10.

What shape is the Milky Way galaxy?

a)

Spiral

b)

Elliptical

c)

Irregular

d)

Lenticular

11.

Why is it impossible to photograph the Milky Way galaxy?

a)

Its too big

b)

Its too far to travel

c)

We dont have the technology to leave

d)

All of these are reasons!

12.

What is thought to be at the center of many galaxies?

a)

Larger stars

b)

blackholes

c)

A massive planet

d)

A smaller galaxy

13.

A space telescope captures an image of billions of stars revolving around a central location. Which of the following best describes what the telescope has found?

a)

a galaxy

b)

a main sequence

c)

a planetary nebula

d)

a solar system

14.

When two stars are orbiting one another it's called ___

a)

an unary system

b)

a binary system

c)

a trinary system

d)

a doublet system

15.

Astronomers think that most stars are born in groups, called ___

a)

assemblages

b)

bundles

c)

clusters

d)

blobs

16.

The Milky Way measures ____ light years in length/width.

a)

26,000

b)

1 million

c)

1000

d)

100 thousand

17.

Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is difficult because

a)

we live outside of it.

b)

it is impossible to send a space probe that far.

c)

we live inside of it.

d)

it is full of dark matter.

18.

How far is it across the Milky Way Galaxy?

a)

100 light years across

b)

1,000 light years across

c)

10,000 light years across

d)

100,000 light years across

19.

What type of galaxy is this

a)

Spiral galaxy

b)

Irregular galaxy

c)

Elliptical galaxy

d)

Lenticular galaxy

20.

What type of galaxy is the milky way?

a)

Lenticular galaxy

b)

Irregular galaxy

c)

Barred spiral galaxy

d)

Elliptical galaxy

21.

What is at or near the center of a galaxy?

a)

earth

b)

pulsars

c)

solid planets

d)

black holes

22.

What type of Galaxy is this?

a)

Elliptical

b)

Spiral

c)

Irregular

d)

Lenticular

23.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)

Spiral

b)

Elliptical

c)

Irregular

d)

Lenticular

24.

A Group of stars, and or star systems, dust and gas held together by gravity and isolated in space is known as:

a)

Universe

b)

Galaxy

c)

Solar System

d)

Planet

25.
____________ is spherical in shape or looks like a flattened disk (flattened ball)
a)

Irregular Galaxy

b)

Elliptical Galaxy

c)

Spiral Galaxy

d)

Lenticular Galaxy

26.
____________ has no definite shape
a)

Elliptical Galaxy

b)

Spiral Galaxy

c)

Irregular Galaxy

d)

Lenticular Galaxy

27.
____________ has spiral arms that branch from the nucleus (center of the galaxy)
a)

Spiral Galaxy

b)

Irregular Galaxy

c)

Elliptical Galaxy

d)

Lenticular Galaxy

28.
All stars begin as a __________?
a)
giant
b)
black hole
c)
white dwarf
d)
nebula
29.
Place these objects in order from smallest to largest.
a)

Planets, solar system, universe, galaxy

b)

Solar system, planets, galaxy, universe

c)

Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe

d)

Galaxy, solar system, planets, universe

30.

What are star clusters?

a)

Dense groups of stars found at the center of galaxies

b)

Groups of stars that are attracted to each other’s gravity

c)

Groups of stars that formed by separating from the same massive star

d)

Groups of stars that developed together from the same nebula

31.

What type of galaxy has the youngest stars?

a)

Spiral Galaxy

b)

Irregular Galaxy

c)

Elliptical Galaxy

d)

Lenticular Galaxy

32.

What type of galaxy has the oldest stars?

a)

Spiral Galaxy

b)

Irregular Galaxy

c)

Elliptical Galaxy

d)

Lenticular Galaxy

33.

Supermassive black holes are thought to be in the center of our galaxy (the milky way)

a)

true

b)

false

34.
If a dying star's core is more than 2.8 times the Sun's mass, it becomes ___
a)
a white dwarf
b)
a neutron star
c)
a black giant
d)
a black hole
35.
The surface around a black hole, where the escape velocity is the speed of light, is called ___
a)
the observable boundary
b)
the event horizon
c)
the progenitor surface
d)
The Chandrasekhar Limit
36.
Black holes come in different sizes, but for all of them, the escape velocity is ___
a)
a fraction of the speed of light
b)
nearing the speed of light
c)
at the speed of light
d)
greater than the speed of light