5.ESS Space Quiz

• The Milky Way Galaxy is larger than galaxy M31.

• The Milky Way Galaxy is the same shape as the Pegasus Dwarf galaxy.

• The Milky Way Galaxy is a different shape than galaxy M32.

• The Milky Way Galaxy is smaller than the Triangulum galaxy.

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• Galaxy 2 and Galaxy 4, because they are both the same distance from the Milky Way galaxy.

• Galaxy 2 and Galaxy 3, because they have the same shape as the Milky Way galaxy

• Galaxy 4 and Galaxy 5, because they have a similar number of stars as the Milky Way galaxy.

• Galaxy 1 and Galaxy 5, because they are the galaxies farthest from the Milky Way galaxy

• The Milky Way Galaxy is the fourth-largest galaxy in the universe.

• The milky way galaxy is not one of the largest galaxies in the universe

• The galaxies in the universe do not get any smaller than the size of the Milky Way.

• The galaxies in the universe do not get any bigger than twice the size of the Milky Way.

A student labels four galaxies. Which one is labeled correctly?

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• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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X: made of rock and minerals and orbits the Sun

Y: made of small pieces of rock and burns up when traveling throough Earth's atmosphere

Z: made of rock, ice, and frozen gas and lets out a gas trail when close to the sun

• X: meteroid

  Y: asteroid

  Z: comet

• X: asteroid

  Y: meteroid

  Z: comet

• X: comet

  Y: meteroid

  Z: asteroid

• X: meteroid

  Y: comet

  Z: asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is orbiting within our Solar System and has a nucleus, coma, and tail?

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Moon

What is found in a belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Moon

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Identify the moon phase:

• new moon

• waxing crescent

• full moon

• waning gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Identify the moon phase:

• third quarter

• waning gibbous

• first quarter

• new moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1