Deck 2: Beyond the Solar System

Question 1

This is the system of several hundred billion stars in which our sun lives:

A) stellar populations
B) galactic cluster
C) Milky Way
D) solar system

Answer 1

Milky Way

Question 2

The Milky Way is moving toward this galaxy in our local cluster:

A) the magellanic clouds
B) M31
C) M101
D) edge of the universe

Answer 2

M31

Question 3

Superclusters are ___________.

A) collections of many clusters of galaxies
B) collections of many star clusters
C) our local group
D) the whole universe

Answer 3

collections of many clusters of galaxies

Question 4

The changes that a star goes through during its life are called

A) star clusters
B) stellar evolution
C) galaxies
D) stellar mass

Question 5

This force is called ________, which attracts bodies based on its mass.

Question 6

It is thought that the universe began as the ____________.

Question 7

The local group are the closest galaxies to our Milky Way.

Question 8

A light year is about 10 trillion km (6 trillion miles).