A galaxy is best described asa region in space between the orbits of Mars and Jupitera formation composed of billions of starsa type of solar systema constellation visible to everyone on Earth

Our Solar System is part of which galaxy?

n your own words, describe the relationship between the Solar System and the Milky Way galaxy

Our galaxy contains ________ stars. *1 pointtwo hundred billiontwo hundred trillion starstwo hundred million starsan unknown number of starsThe galaxy(ies) that we can see from New Jersey with the naked eye is*1 pointLarge Magellanic cloudSmall Magellanic cloudAndromedaOuter edges of galaxies containing individual stars, gas, and dust is called *1 pointThe discThe haloThe bulgeThe armsThree main galaxy shapes include ... *1 pointSphericalEllipticalSpiralPinwheelIrregularPeculiarGalaxies contain hot, bright stars that live shorter lives which appear ______ in color and cool dim stars that live longer lives that appear _______ in color.*1 pointyellow, bluered, blueblue, redyellow, redblue, yellowLarger elliptical galaxies can be _________ of lightyears across*1 point1,000's10,000's100,000's1,000,000'sMost galaxies are named ...*1 pointCreatively like "andromeda" or "milky way"By a cataloguing system with letters and numbersAfter the person who discovered themRandomlyElliptical galaxies range from being very spherical, ______, to being very elongated, _____. *1 pointE0, E7E1, E6S, ESome spiral galaxies have a bar in the middle and are called *1 pointBlocked spiralsBarred spiralsBig spiralsBulky spiralsObserved Irregular galaxies are *1 pointYoungMiddle agedOldSpirals like the milky way are... *1 pointYoungMiddle ageOldSupermassive black holes are commonly found in *1 pointThe older galaxiesThe edges of galaxiesThe centers of galaxiesThe galaxy arms

At the center of our Galaxy liesGroup of answer choicesa black hole of millions of solar masses.a huge emission nebula.the largest of all globular clusters.a quasar.an intensely bright visible superstar.

The stars that makeup a constellation are generally Group of answer choicesnot located about the same distance away from the Earthnot bound together by the forces of gravitynot traveling through space together in a groupAll of the above