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space and galaxies yuhuuu!!!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an immense cloud of dust & gas where stars are born

a)

black hole

b)

nebula

c)

prominence

d)

supernova

2.

What is the full form of NASA ?

4 lines
3.

Which way does Earth spin?

a)

west to East

b)

East to West

4.

How far is mars from earth?

a)

200 million miles away

b)

140 million miles away

c)

59 million miles away

d)

100 billion miles away

5.

When was the Big Bang?

a)

13.8 billion years ago

b)

11.7 billion years ago

c)

33 billion years ago

d)

4 billion years ago

6.
Which of the following explains the revolution of a planet?
a)
The Earth revolves around the sun once per day.
b)
The Earth revolves around the sun once per year.
c)
The moon revolves around the sun once per day.
d)
The Earth rotates on it's axis once per day.
7.
The most abundant type of galaxy in the universe is an...
a)
Spiral Galaxy
b)
Elliptical Galaxy
c)
Irregular Galaxy
8.
How many stars are in a galaxy.
a)
millions or billions
b)
thousands
c)
hundreds
d)
Ten
9.
What is not a galaxy?
a)
Optical Galaxy
b)
Spiral Galaxy
c)
Elliptical Galaxy
d)
Irregular Galaxy
10.
What type of galaxy has no defined pattern or shape?
a)
Spiral 
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Constellation
11.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular 
d)
Irrational
12.
How far is the sun from the earth?
a)
4.3 light-minutes
b)
680 light-years
c)
8.4 light-minutes
d)
9 light years
13.

A galaxy which is either spherical (ball like) or a flattened disk is a ___ galaxy.

a)

elliptical

b)

humanoid

c)

irregular

d)

spiral

14.
The color of the star tells us its 
a)
composition
b)
Temperature
c)
Luminosity 
d)
Mass
15.
What color of star is the coolest?
a)
Red
b)
Yellow
c)
Blue
d)
White
16.
What color of star is the hottest?
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Yellow
d)
Orange
17.

What type of star is one that is no bigger than Earth?

a)

a red star

b)

a blue star

c)

a supergiant

d)

a dwarf star

18.

What galaxy do we live in?

a)

Intergalactic

b)

Milky Way

c)

Mayall's Object

d)

Andromeda

19.

Who speculated that our universe is expanding?

a)

Edwin Hubble

b)

Newton

c)

Galileo

d)

Copernicus

20.

A system of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

a)

comet

b)

galaxy

c)

constellation

d)

supernova