The Universe Test

The Universe Test

8th Grade

36 Qs

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The Universe Test

The Universe Test

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-3

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

36 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Light Years are a measure of:
time
speed
distance
light

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A light year is...
The speed light travels
How long it takes light to get to you from the sun
The distance light can travel in a year
How many years it takes light to be emitted

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientist use Light years to measure objects in space rather than units such as Miles or Kilometers because of how massive the Galaxy and Universe is.
True
False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to Earth after the Sun and is located 4.3 light years away from Earth. How long does it take light from Proxima Centauri to reach Earth?
1 year
4.3 years
43 years
10 trillion years

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
A scale diagram of four galaxies is provided. Which galaxy has a diameter closest to 75,000 light years?
Galaxy JK23
Galaxy TO37
Galaxy RB17
Galaxy WD28

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To express the distance between the Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy, the most appropriate unit of measure is the -
meter
kilometer
light year
astronomical unit

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
It takes 8.9 years for light produced on Carinae V602 to reach the sun.  If Star X is 30 times as far from the sun as Carinae V602 is, how far is Star X from the sun, to the nearest light year?
267
5358
632
68

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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