Celestial Bodies, Galaxies and Space Tools

What is the name of our spiral galaxy?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Solar System

• irregular galaxy

What type of telescope has convex lenses?

• refracting telescope

• reflecting telescope

• observatory

• satellite

What spacecraft goes to places too dangerous for astronauts and sends information back to Earth?

• satellite

• observatory

• space probe

• telescope

Meteorites are pieces of asteroids or comets that

• strike the surface of a planet

• are found in space

• are found in the atmosphere

• collide to form planets

Small pieces of comets that enter Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 15 to 70 km/s and burn up are called ____.

• meteors

• stars

• meteorites

The amount of gas changes a star's brightness as it ages. What gas it is?

• Neon

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

When objects in space move farther apart it results in a __________.

• blue shift

• yellow shift

• red shift

• green shift

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Astronomers use ______________ to measure the distance between stars and galaxies.

• meters

• astronomical units

• decades

• light-years

The nucleus is the part of the comet that is

• solid ice

• gaseous

• made of plasma

Mars Rover and Mars Perseverance are examples of

• telescopes

• space probes

• satellites

• spectroscope