Comet, Meteors, Meteorites
Constellations
Telescopes
The Stars
Rotation and Revolution
100
Dust particles that speed into the Earth's atmosphere and burn up are _____________________.
What are meteors?
100
A group of stars that form a pattern in the night sky are known as _________________.
What is a constellations?
100
A ___________________ telescopes uses two lenses and a tube to see distant objects.
What are refracting?
100
The north star is also known as this.
What is Polaris?
100
Rotation is the spinning of Earth on it's __________.
What is axis?
200
Pieces of a comet that fall to Earth are known as _______________.
What are meteorites?
200
The bigger dipper is also known as __________ _________.
What is Ursa Major?
200
Reflecting telescopes use _______________ to see distant objects.
What are mirrors?
200
Two objects you can see in the sky on a moonless night are __________ and ___________.
What are stars and planets?
200
__________________ causes different stars to appear in the sky at different times of the year.
What is revolution?
300
Large objects made of gas, ice, dust, and dirt are _____________.
What are comets?
300
In the sky we can identify this many constellations.
What is 88?
300
The largest telescpopes in the world are _____________ telescopes.
What are reflecting?
300
When viewing the sky at night, you know you see stars because they do this.
What is twinkle?
300
__________________ causes the constellations to appear to move from east to west across the sky.
What is rotation?
400
An small object from space has crashed into Earth. It must be a ______________.
What is a meteorite?
400
Ursa minor is also known as the ___________ _________.
What is little bear?
400
The reflecting telescopes are more commonly built because _________________________.
What is they are cheaper, easier, and more powerful?
400
When viewing the night sky, you can identify a __________ because it looks like a round, white disk.
What is a planet?
400
A ____________________ takes 24 hours to complete.
What is rotation?
500
Comets follow a long oval shaped path called an _________.
What is an elliptical?
500
________________ are the people who study stars and planets.
Who are astronomers?
500
The first telescope, invented by Galileo, was called this.
What is Galileo's ladder?
500
A large globe of hot, burning gas is known as a _________.
What is a star?
500
A _________________ takes 365 days to complete.
What is revoultion?
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