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Galaxy Online Activity
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Click on the “Stars and Galaxies e - Learning” link on the left side of page directly underneath the “home” link. Scroll down the webpage until
you have found the correct activity that matches the assignment
Read the paragraph on the left side of the book. As you read, answer the questions below:
1. What is the name of the galaxy we live in???? How many star make up our galaxy?????
2. How man other galaxies are out there????? How many stars do these other galaxies contain???????
3. There are ____________ of other _____________________, and each of them contain billions of ________________.
4. When you look at all the stars in the night sky, what galaxy do all these stars belong too???
5. Define galaxy:
6. Galaxies are groups of stars, _____________and ______________held together by gravity.
7. What are the four main galaxy types?????????
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b.
c.
d.
8. What kind of galaxy is the Milky Way galaxy?????????
9. Describe the shape of the Milky Way galaxy viewed from the side:
10. Describe the shape of the Milky Way galaxy viewed from the top:
11. What do we call the center of our milky way galaxy?????
12. Where is our sun and solar system located in our Milky Way galaxy????
13. What is an elliptical galaxy shaped like?????????
14. What is an barred spiral galaxy shaped like?????????
15. Do irregular galaxies have a consistent shape to them???? Explain:
16. How long does it take our sun and solar system to orbit or go around our Milky Way galaxy????
17. What is light year?????????
18. A light year is the __________a beam of light travels in one______________.
19. Remember, kilometers are like miles, how far does light travel in one second????
20. If you were in a jet traveling 500 kilometers an hour, how long would it take you to travel one light year????
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1. In paragraph 1, what is a galaxy compared to????
a. cloud of stars
c. the solar system
b. the earth
d. the sun
2. In paragraph 2, what is the Milky Way galaxy compared to????
a. the night sky
c. other galaxies
b. a giant star cloud
d. the sun
3. In paragraph 4, what is the meaning of the phrase “as flat as a pancake”????
a. a spiral galaxy is very thin
c. a spiral galaxy has several spiraling arms
b. a spiral galaxy looks like a pinwheel
d. a spiral galaxy has a bulge in the middle of it
4. In paragraph 5, what are nebulas compared to????
a. a nucleus
c. misty shapes in outer space
b. old stars
d. young brighter stars
5. What are galaxies held together by????
a. gravity
c. nebulas
b. nucleus
d. clusters
6. What is the closest galaxy to the milky way????
a. the Andromeda galaxy
c. Sagittarius dwarf elliptical galaxy
b. the local group
d. the local supercluster
7. What is the closest spiral galaxy to the milky way????
a. the Andromeda galaxy
c. Sagittarius dwarf elliptical galaxy
b. the local group
d. the local supercluster
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8. What are most nebula made from????
a. gravity
c. nucleus
b. old stars that explodes many years ago
d. disk
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9. The name of our galaxy is the __________ galaxy.
a. the Andromeda galaxy
c. Sagittarius dwarf elliptical galaxy
b. the milky way galaxy
d. the local supercluster
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10. All of the following are true of the Milky Way EXCEPT that it _____.
a. is a spiral galaxy
c. contains 100 billion stars
b. has more than 800 billion stars
d. is flat in shape
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11. A group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity is a _____.
a. galaxy
c. Local Group
b. constellation
d. both a and b
____ 12. The Milky Way Galaxy is a type of ____________
a. funky galaxy.
b. cloud galaxy.
c. Spiral galaxy.
d. irregular galaxy.
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