UNIT 4Space

(part of CHAPTERS 10-12)

Complete the follow questions

There are quizzes provided towards the end of the booklet

Name:

THEME ONE - HOW LARGE IS THE UNIVERSE (Lesson # 1 and # 2)

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THEME TWO - CELESTIAL BODIES (Lesson # 3 and # 4)

Goal • Identify types of galaxies.

What to DoIdentify the type of galaxy shown in each sketch. Write your answer beneath each one.

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Goal • Use the flowchart to gain an overall picture of the evolution and fate of stars.

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Goal • Recognize and organize information about the features of the planets.

What to DoRecord information you already know about the planets and information you learn as you study Unit 4.

Planet Colour Atmosphere MarkingsDistinguishin

g Characteristic

sMercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

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Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Goal • Review the main ideas about the relative sizes and characteristics of the planets.

What to DoAnswer the following questions. Refer to BC Science 9 if you need help.1. What is the largest object in the solar system?

___________________________________________________________________2. What is the largest planet in the solar system?

___________________________________________________________________3. What is the smallest planet in the solar system?

___________________________________________________________________4. Which planets are the most similar in size?

___________________________________________________________________5. What do the smaller planets have in common?

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6. What do the larger planets have in common?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Give at least one fact about each of the eight planets that helps set it apart from the others. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Goal • Check your understanding of Chapter 10.

What to DoCircle the letter of the best answer.

1. What is the name for the theory of the origin of the universe?A. evolutionB. relativityC. Big BangD. plate tectonics

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2. Which of the following are in the correct order of size, from smallest to largest?A. nebula, star, planet, galaxyB. galaxy, nebula, star, planetC. star, nebula, galaxy, planetD. planet, star, nebula, galaxy

3. Which of the following led Edwin Hubble to propose that the universe was expanding?A. The galaxies rotated in the same direction.B. All the galaxies were moving towards Earth.C. All the galaxies were the same distance from Earth.D. The light from galaxies was shifted to the red part of the spectrum.

4. What kind of galaxy is the Milky Way?A. spiralB. ellipticalC. irregularD. spherical

5. What force holds the stars in a galaxy together in a group?A. heatB. tensionC. gravityD. rotation

6. What is the name for the pattern that occurs when visible light is split into its component parts: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet?A. spectrumB. white lightC. infraredD. microwaves

 7. What does it indicate if light from a galaxy is shifted to the blue part of the spectrum?A. The galaxy is not moving.B. The galaxy is moving away from Earth.C. The galaxy is moving closer to Earth.D.The galaxy is moving the same speed as Earth.

 8. Which of the following is not a form of electromagnetic radiation?A. lightB. sound

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C. x-raysD. infrared radiation

 9. What is a star cluster?A. the pattern stars form when viewed from EarthB. a group of galaxies connected to each otherC. a large number of stars grouped together in a sphere patternD. the energy released by a single star

10. What device is used to separate the light from a star into its component parts?A. a telescopeB. a periscopeC. a microscopeD.a spectroscope

Match the Term on the left with the best Descriptor on the right.Each Descriptor may be used only once.

Term Descriptor

_____ 11. spiral galaxy_____ 12. elliptical galaxy_____ 13. irregular galaxy_____ 14. galaxy_____ 15. nebula_____ 16. celestial bodies

A. contains some of the oldest starsB. collection of stars, gas, and dust held

together by gravityC. a cloud of gas and dustD. objects that orbit a starE. has many long “arms” from a central coreF. natural objects visible in spaceG. a mix of newly forming stars and old stars

Short Answer Questions17. How is an expanding balloon similar to an expanding universe?

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18. The early universe was an extremely hot place. Explain why it was 9

necessary for the universe to cool down before planets, like Earth, could form.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. How does cosmological background radiation support the idea that the universe began as a single, explosive event?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle the letter of the best answer.

1. What name do we give the dust and gas found throughout space?A. galaxiesB. protoplanetsC. background radiationD. interstellar matter

2. What is the nuclear reaction in the Sun that produces energy?A. fusionB. fissionC. X raysD. gamma radiation

3. Why do astronomers call black holes “black”?A. No light can escape their gravity.B. Black is the colour of their surface.C. They are so bright, nearby stars cannot be seen. D. They can be seen only against the black background of space.

5. Which of the following planets has water on its surface in three states—as a solid, a liquid, and a gas?

I. Earth

II. Venus

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III. Mercury

IV. Jupiter

A. I onlyB. I and II onlyC. I, II, and III onlyD. I, II, III, and IV

 6. Which of the following is considered an inner, or terrestrial, planet?A. MarsB. UranusC. SaturnD. Jupiterobserver

Match the Stage of the Life of a High Mass Star on the left with the best Descriptor on the right. Each Descriptor may be used only once.

Stage of the Life of a High Mass Star Descriptor

_____ 11. first_____ 12. second_____ 13. third_____ 14. fourth_____ 15. fifth_____ 16. sixth

A. nebulaB. neutron starC. protostarD. starE. supergiantF. supernovaG. white dwarf

THEME THREE - SEASONS AND MOONS (Lesson # 5 and # 6)

13. Why (and how) do we have seasons?

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14. Is it summer when you’re closer or farther from the sun?

15. How many phases of the moon of there?

16. Why can we see the moon if it isn’t on fire?

What does our moon effect on our Earth?

THEME FOUR - SPACE TRAVEL AND TECHNOLOGIES (Lesson # 7 and # 8)

17. List three pros and cons of space travel.

18. What are three new ideas or concepts to improve space travel?

19. Why is space travel so expensive?

20. Explain how the ‘space elevator’ would work?

21. Define the term spin-off and explain its value to countries like Canada and the USA. Give two example of spin-offs from space.

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