Galaxies and Stars Exit Ticket

Review Chapter 6 - Galaxies and Stars in your student reader. Then, choose the best answer to the question.

What is the MOST LIKELY reason the author wrote Chapter 6?

• To persuade the reader to like galaxies

• To tell the reader that stars are better than galaxies

• To inform the reader about galaxies and stars

• To convince the reader that stars are hot

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the main force that holds a galaxy together?

• Magnetism

• Gravity

• Electricity

• Friction

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular 
• Irrational

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular
• Irrational

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular
• Irrational

Stars do not look like the sun because they are all a lot smaller than the sun.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Stars are similar in size, color, and brightness.

• True

• False

Other stars are balls of hot gas, just like our sun.

• True

• False

The Greek root astron means sky.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

Our solar system is in the Andromeda Galaxy.

• True

• False