Space Rocks
irregularly shaped rocks that orbit the sun; many are located in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an ASTEROID?
A) The closest planet to the sun.
B) The farthest planet from the sun.
A) What is MERCURY?
B) What is NEPTUNE?
A celestial body that orbits a star and has its own gravity.
What is a PLANET?
The scientific theory that explains how the universe and matter came into existence.
What is the BIG BANG THEORY?
The two "ice giants."
What are URANUS and NEPTUNE.
A meteoroid after it has entered Earth's atmosphere and begins to burn up, leaving a tail of light; AKA a shooting star.
A) The smallest planet in our solar system.
B) The largest planet in our solar system.
A) What is MERCURY?
B) What is JUPITER?
A hot ball of gas that emits thermal energy and light.
What is a STAR?
After the explosion of a single point of infinite density, these were created first (basic unit of matter that makes up an element).
What is an ATOM?
The two "gas giants."
What are JUPITER and SATURN?
Ball of ice, rock, and dust that orbits the sun in Kuiper belt; forms a tail as it approaches the sun and melts.
What is a COMET?
The hottest planet in our solar system.
What is VENUS?
A natural satellite that orbits another celestial body.
What is a MOON?
A large system of stars, planets, dust, gases, and dark matter held together by gravity.
What is a GALAXY?
Our closest neighbor galaxy; we will collide with this galaxy in about 4.5 billion years.
What is ANDROMEDA?
Small pieces of space debris, often from broken asteroids or comets.
What is a METEOROID?
Name the 4 terrestrial planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
A band of space rocks between Mars and Jupiter; it is thought to be remnants of a failed planet or collision.
What is the ASTEROID BELT?
Name the 3 types of galaxies.
Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular.
The estimated number of galaxies in our universe.
What are billions of galaxies?
Small space debris once it has entered Earth's atmosphere and landed on the ground.
What is a METEORITE?
Name the 4 Jovian planets.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
A region on the edge of our solar system (past Neptune) that contains comets, asteroids, ice, Pluto, and Eres.
What is the KUIPER BELT?
The force that attracts masses in the universe together.
What is GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION?
The approximate number of known solar systems in our galaxy.
What are ~500 solar systems?