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Grade 11 Stars, Galaxies & the Big Bang Worksheet with Answers
Grade 11 (US) · Year 12 (UK) · Class 11 (India) · Science
Unit 6: Going FurtherAdvanced: Earth & Space PreviewNGSS HS-ESS1-2Advanced
How stars shine and evolve, galaxies, and evidence for the Big Bang. This free high school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Learning goal: Advanced: Earth & Space Preview · NGSS HS-ESS1-2
Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.
RememberOrbits and stars
Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.
- 1What element do stars mainly fuse in their cores?
- 2What powers a star?
- 3What galaxy do we live in?
- 4Where do elements heavier than iron mostly form?
- AIn supernova explosions
- BHydrogen
- CMilky Way
- DNuclear fusion
Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.
- 5
What will our sun become at the end of its life?
- 6
What is the cosmic microwave background?
- 7
Why do hotter stars look blue?
- 8
What evidence shows the universe is expanding?
- 9
What is a light-year?
- 10
What forms when a very massive star collapses?
- 11
What theory describes the origin of the universe?
- 12
What is a galaxy?
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
A ball is thrown straight up. What is its speed at the very top?
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Answer key — Stars, Galaxies & the Big Bang (Grade 11)
- 1.B — hydrogen (into helium)
- 2.D — nuclear fusion
- 3.C — the Milky Way
- 4.A — in supernova explosions (and neutron star mergers)
- 5.a red giant, then a white dwarf
- 6.leftover radiation from the early universe
- 7.they emit more short-wavelength light
- 8.light from distant galaxies is redshifted
- 9.the distance light travels in one year
- 10.a neutron star or a black hole
- 11.the Big Bang theory
- 12.a huge system of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity
- ★zero (for an instant)
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- 1.B — hydrogen (into helium)
- 2.D — nuclear fusion
- 3.C — the Milky Way
- 4.A — in supernova explosions (and neutron star mergers)
- 5.a red giant, then a white dwarf
- 6.leftover radiation from the early universe
- 7.they emit more short-wavelength light
- 8.light from distant galaxies is redshifted
- 9.the distance light travels in one year
- 10.a neutron star or a black hole
- 11.the Big Bang theory
- 12.a huge system of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity
- ★zero (for an instant) (challenge corner)
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