The Sun and all the celestial bodies that Orbit it.
What is the Solar System.
The way to describe how bright a star appears to be from Earth.
What is an apparent magnitude?
The measurement of how far a star is based on how long it takes for light to travel in a year.
What is a light-year?
What is a spiral galaxy?
A star's _______ affects how bright it appears and how large it appears
What is distance.
A planet's trip around the sun.
What is an orbit?
The imaginary lines that we measure distance and coordinates with.
What are latitude and longitude?
The 3 objects that move in a predictable pattern across the sky
What are the Sun, Moon, and stars?
The scientific name of the North Star
What is Polaris.
This affects how long or short shadows are throughout the day.
What is the sun's position/ height in the sky?
This movement of the Earth is the reason we experience different seasons.
What is revolution or orbit around the Sun?
A shooting star is not a star, but actually
What is a meteorite?
The 3 types of galaxies we learned about this unit.
What is spiral, elliptical, irregular?