Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
100
Nebula
A huge cloud of gas and dust in space
100
Light year
A measurement of distance
100
Telescope
A device that collects light and magnifies images
100
Planet
A large body that orbits a star
100
Star
A large hot ball of gases help together by gravity.
200
Astronomy
The study of th universe
200
A group of star patterns
Constellation
200
Rotation
A complete spin on a axis
200
Revolution
A complete spin around the sun
300
Parallax
The effect where the position of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions
300
Expansion redshift
Wavelength moving away
300
Comet
A ball of ice and rock that orbits the sun
300
Moon
What is an object that orbits a planet
300
Inertia
The tendency of a moving object to stay in motion
400
Meteorite
A meteor that survives it's passes throughout earths atmosohere
400
Asteroid
A small rocky object in space that's smaller than a planet
400
Solar eclipse
When the moon is between the sun and the earth fully or partially blocking the sun
400
Lunar eclipse
When the moon passes directly behind the earth but it can only occur when the sun earth and moon are aligned
500
Milky Way
Our galaxy
500
Supernova
Exploded star
500
Standard time zone
A vertical belt 15 degrees wide in longitude that causes all locations to have the same time.
500
Solar system
Consists of a star, such as the sun, as well as all the planets, moons and other bodies traveling around it all.
500
Big Bang
N explosion causing the creation of the universe
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