Galaxies
Milky Way
Comets and Meteors
100
What is a huge rotating collection of gas, dust, billions of stars and planets
What is a galaxy.
100
What is our galactic home?
What is the Milky Way
100
These are big balls of ice and rock. They come from the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud.
What is Comets.
200
T/F Galaxies can be seen without a telescope.
What is True
200
T/F The Milky Way has more than 100 billion stars.
What is True
200
What is the only solid part of a comet?
What is the nucleus(center).
300
How many type of galaxies are there?
What is 4
300
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way
What is Barred Spiral (also accept spiral) galaxy
300
What is the name of a famous comet that we see about every 76 years?
What is Halley's comet
400
________________ is at the center of every galaxy.
What is supermassive black hole
400
This type of galaxy looks like a pinwheel. The core has old stars, while the arms have younger stars.
What is spiral
400
These small rocks in our solar system are also known as "shooting stars"
What is Meteors
500
This type of galaxy is spherical or oval shaped. It has very little gas, dust, or young stars. Half of the galaxies we see are these.
What is elliptical.
500
This type of galaxy has irregular shapes. They have more gas and dust than other galaxies.
What is an irregular galaxy.
500
What is Mokena Junior High's mascot?
What is the meteors
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