Galaxies
Vocab
The Solar System
Astronomers & Earth Science
The Universe
100

A giant system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.

What is a galaxy?

100

A scientist who studies stars, planets, and space.

Who is an astronomer?

100

How many planets are in our solar system?

(What is 8?)

100

The study of Earth and its place in the universe is called _______.

(What is Earth Science?)

100

We call this all of God's creation.

What is the Universe?

200

The spiral galaxy that includes our solar system?

What is the Milky Way Galaxy?

200

The Sun and all objects that orbit around it, including planets and moons.

What is the solar system?

200

Which is bigger: Earth, the Solar System, or the Milky Way Galaxy?

(What is the Milky Way Galaxy?)

200

Astronomers mainly study _______ and _______.

What are stars and planets? (and/or other vocab words)

200

Which is larger: A galaxy or the universe?

(What is the universe?)

300

A galaxy with a spiral shape and arms, containing you and old stars.

What is a Spiral Galaxy?

300

The planet that we live on created for us by God.

What is The Earth?

300

Located in the center of the solar system.

Where is the Sun?

300

Name one tool astronomers use to observe the sky.

(What is a telescope?)

300

What term describes the part of the Universe we can actually see from Earth?

What is the Observable universe?

400

A galaxy shaped like an oval (or fried egg) with mostly older stars.

What is an elliptical galaxy?

400

The portion of the universe we can observe from Earth.

What is the observable Universe?

400

The now dwarf planet, that used to be considered a planet. (Mickey Mouse's Dog)

What is Pluto?

400

This is the only other place humans have gone.

What is the moon?

400

True or False: The Universe has a definite edge we can see.

What is False?

500

A galaxy with no specific shape, often smaller and less organized

What is an irregular galaxy?

500

Everything in space, including both everything we can see, and everything we cannot yet (All of God's creation)

What is The Universe?

500

Name all the planets in order from the Sun outward.

(What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?)

500

This is located at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

What is a black hole?

500

What do we call all the galaxies, stars, and matter that exist?

 (What is the Universe?)

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