Objects in Space Unit Assessment

Name:

How can you safely view the sun?

• With sunglasses
• With a pinhole camera
• With #14 welder's glass
• Both B & C are correct

Why should we never look at the sun?

Which of the following best describes a star?

• A giant ball of gas
• A giant ball of gas that twinkles with light
• A ball of gas that twinkles like the sun
• A giant ball of gas in space that gives off light and heat

What is a constellation?

• A giant ball of gas
• The star that is closest to Earth
• A group of stars that appear to form a shape or pattern
• Everything that exists anywhere in space, including planets, stars, galaxies, and more

True or False: A moon is an object in space that travels around a planet.

• True
• False

True or False: The sun is a planet.

• True
• False

True or False: The Universe is everything that exists anywhere in space, including planets, stars, galaxies, and more.

• True
• False

Large, round objects in space that travel around stars are called

• North Star
• Sun
• Moons
• Planets

What is the name of the galaxy that our solar system is in?

• Milky Way Galaxy
• Andromeda Galaxy
• Whirlpool Galaxy
• Sombrero Galaxy