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by BlastRoom
Put the unit's star, galaxy and distance vocabulary to work in real situations instead of matching words to definitions.
#us_grade_8_science
20 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
A star has used up the hydrogen in its core. It swells to hundreds of times its earlier size and its surface cools to a dull red. Which term names this star now?
An astronomer measures the total energy a star pours into space each second, a value that does not change no matter how far the star is from Earth. Which property is being measured?
A report says a galaxy lies 60 million light-years from Earth. Besides its distance, what does this figure tell an astronomer?
In a distant galaxy's spectrum, the pattern of dark lines sits at longer wavelengths than the same pattern measured in a laboratory on Earth. Which term names this observation?
Detectors pick up a faint microwave glow arriving from every direction in the sky, at almost exactly the same temperature everywhere. Which term names this glow?
Through a telescope an object appears as a flattened disk of billions of stars, with bright arms winding outward from a glowing central bulge. Which term names this object?
The Sun has been fusing hydrogen into helium in its core at a steady rate for about 4.6 billion years and will continue for billions more. Which stage of a star's life is this?
Which sentence uses the term absolute magnitude correctly?
Which sentence uses the term supernova correctly?
Which sentence uses the term Big Bang correctly?
Which sentence uses the term astronomical unit correctly?
Which sentence uses the term solar system correctly?
Which sentence uses the term spectroscope correctly?
Which sentence uses the term black hole correctly?
A student writes: 'Sirius looks brighter than any other star in the night sky, so Sirius must give out more light than any other star.' Which correction is right?
A student writes: 'The probe will take about 3 light-years to travel from Earth out to Neptune.' Which correction is right?
In a report a student writes: 'The Milky Way holds every star and every galaxy that exists.' Which correction is right?
A student writes: 'A nebula is a group of billions of stars held together by gravity.' Which correction is right?
A student writes: 'When the Sun runs out of fuel it will explode as a supernova and leave a black hole behind.' Which correction is right?
A student writes: 'A telescope was sent out to Pluto to fly past it and photograph its surface close up.' Which correction is right?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Air Masses and Weather Patterns
40 questions
