WorksheetsGalaxy
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
2.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
3.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
4.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
5.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
6.
How are galaxies held together.
a)
gas
b)
dust
c)
stars
d)
gravitational attraction
7.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
8.
Our Galaxy is called the
a)
M38
b)
Milky Way Galaxy
c)
Andromeda Galaxy
d)
Pinwheel Galaxy
9.
pulls clusters of stars together in most galaxies.
a)
air
b)
Big Bang Theory
c)
gravity
d)
dark energy
10.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
11.
The type of galaxy that has few young stars, little gas or dust, and NO arms is a/n
a)
elliptical galaxy
b)
spiral galaxy
c)
irregular galaxy
d)
barred spiral galaxy
12.
The type of galaxy that has few young stars, little gas or dust, and NO arms is a/n
a)
elliptical galaxy
b)
spiral galaxy
c)
irregular galaxy
d)
barred spiral galaxy
13.
The Milky Way is what type of galaxy?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
14.
What is a light-year?
a)
distance between two stars
b)
distance light travels in one year
c)
the time it takes light to travel 300,000,000 meters
d)
the time it takes light to travel to Earth from the Sun
15.
Which correctly orders the items from smallest to largest?
a)
Universe, Galaxy, Star Cluster, Star
b)
Star, Star Cluster, Universe, Galaxy
c)
Star, Star Cluster, Galaxy, Universe
d)
Star, Galaxy, Star Cluster, Universe
16.
What is a major difference in the composition of elliptical and spiral galaxies?
a)
Elliptical galaxies have almost no gas or dust between stars
b)
Elliptical galaxies vary more in shape than spiral galaxies
c)
Spiral galaxies have almost no gas or dust between stars
d)
Spiral galaxies only contain old stars
17.
Where is the Sun found in our GALAXY?
a)
the center
b)
near the center
c)
outside of the galaxy
d)
in one of the arms
18.
What characteristic about the star can a scientist determine by analyzing it's spectral pattern?
a)
Color
b)
Brightness
c)
Composition
d)
Temperature
19.
How many stars are in a galaxy.
a)
millions or billions
b)
thousands
c)
hundreds
d)
Ten
20.
Distance measurement used by astronomers for distant objects.
a)
Kilometers
b)
Light Years
c)
Miles
d)
Light Seconds
21.
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
22.
A galaxy is a large collection of stars, gas and dust. What is responsible for holding the stars, gas, and dust together in a galaxy?
a)
heat
b)
light
c)
gravity
d)
friction
23.
What are the the 3 types of galaxies?
a)
Spiral Galaxies, Regular Galaxies, and Lliptical Galaxies
b)
Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies
c)
Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Spiral Galaxies
d)
Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Irregular Galaxies
24.
What is the name of our galaxy?
a)
Our galaxy is called the Milky Way galaxy
b)
Our
galaxy is called the Andromeda galaxy
c)
Our
galaxy is called the Grand spiral galaxy.
d)
Our galaxy is called the Whirlpool galaxy.
25.
Does light travel instantaneously (right away)?
a)
Light does not travel instantaneously; it takes time for light to travel through the universe.
b)
Light travels instantaneously; it takes no time for
light to travel through the universe.
26.
When we look at images of astronomical bodies are we looking at them in the present?
a)
Looking at current images of distant astronomical bodies
is like looking back in time; the light that we see does not show what the
object looks like now but how it looked when the light was emitted.
b)
Looking at current images of distant astronomical bodies
is like looking forward in time; the light that we see does not show what the
object looks like now but how it will look when our galaxies align.
c)
Looking at current images of distant astronomical bodies
is like looking at a our current point in time; the light that we see shows what the
object looks like now.
27.
The type of galaxy that is composed of the older stars and low-mass stars.
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Constellation
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