Solar System
I consist of planets that are small, made of rock, and have little to no moons.
What is inner planets?
The 4 _____ would cease to exist if Earth's axis was not tilted.
I am shaped like a pinwheel and the same shape as the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is a spiral Galaxy?
I am created when a star dies and implodes in on itself.
What is a black hole?
I started melting as I got closer to the sun.
What is a comet?
I consist of planets that are large, made of gas, rings, and many moons.
This is the direction stars appear to move as the earth spins on its axis.
What is east to west?
I hold all the stars, dust, gas and planets together.
What is Gravity?
You see different variations of me as the seasons change and you orbit the sun.
What is Constellations or stars?
The turning of an object on its axis.
What is a rotation?
I consist of planets in a specific order around the sun at different distances.
What is our Solar System?
If a planet is rotating on its axis, what might that affect?
What is day and night?
What is elliptical and irregular?
The planets orbit me because my mass is so large and my gravity is greater than any other planet.
What is the Sun?
A planet orbiting around the sun is known as a _______.
You see different phases of me as the Earth and Sun move positions.
What is the moon?
If a planet orbits around the sun, what might that create?
What is seasons?
I am unique because I have the Earth.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
I look very small in the sky even though I am not.
What is a star?
An irregularly shaped rocky or metallic object that orbits the Sun and is smaller than a planet.
I am in between the inner and outer planets.
What is the asteroid belt?
What is the Earth?
Dr. Burcin studies space and discovered another galaxy. What was she?
What is an astrophysicist?
I am no longer a planet because I am too small and my orbit is not like other planets.
What is Pluto?
Our sun, even though it is average size compared to others, appears to be brighter than most other stars because of what?
What is apparent magnitude?