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- 1. Multiple Choice
We have learned about the universe the same way people have always learned about the universe – by people looking up and saying …
groovy!
yes!
whoa!
far out!
- 2. Multiple Choice
By looking at the stars, we have learned about...
our Earth.
the Moon.
outer space.
our Solar System.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Things in space are very far apart.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
If the Earth were the size Bill Nye shows us, the Sun would be how far away?
5 meters
10 meters
20 meters
25 meters
- 5. Multiple Choice
Some of those points of light in the night sky are _______________ that look like a single point of light that are so far away.
black holes
quasars
groups of billions of stars
pulsars
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the fastest thing in the universe?
Noise
Sound
Light
Radiance
- 7. Multiple Choice
A light year is...
a year with fewer calories.
the distance to the nearest star.
how far light travels in a year.
the size of our galaxy.
- 8. Multiple Choice
If the Sun is the size of a miniature soccer ball and is placed on the goal of a soccer field, the next star would be how far away?
70 kilometers
7,000 kilometers
700 kilometers
70,000 kilometers
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is a constellation?
A group of planets
A group of galaxies
A group of stars given a name
Another name for the universe
- 10. Multiple Choice
One of the easiest stars in the sky to find is...
Zuben el Genubi.
Canopus, the South Star.
Polaris, the North Star.
Vega.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What do radio telescopes study?
Light waves coming from space.
Sound waves coming from space.
Radio waves coming from space.
Hi-fi waves coming from space.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Eratosthenes was the first person to determine...
the circumference of the Sun.
the circumference of the Moon.
the circumference of the Earth.
the circumference of the Venus.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Since the show started, the light coming out of your TV set has travelled how far?
340 million kilometers.
440 million kilometers.
540 million kilometers.
640 million kilometers.
- 14. Multiple Choice
It will take light at least forty years to reach the nearest star.
True
False
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