Galaxies, Stars and the Sun
a system of millions to billions of stars, dust,and gas
What is a galaxy
The planet with the largest volcano
What is Mars?
A natural object that orbits a planet.
What is a moon?
A massive chunk of rock that orbits the Sun.
What is an asteroid?
He described the force of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
A large sphere of super hot plasma that is able to give off light.
What is a star?
The dwarf planet with 6 moons.
What is Pluto?
A moon of Jupiter that is orange and full of volcanic activity.
What is IO?
A meteor that gets burned up in Earth's atmosphere.
What is a shooting star?
This causes objects to be spherical and revolve around bigger objects in space.
What is gravitational force?
A place where gravity is so strong, that not even light can escape.
What is a black hole?
The dwarf planet that is larger than Pluto and named after goddess of discord.
What is Eris?
A moon of Jupiter that is farthest away and gets hit by asteroids
What is Callisto?
An object made of rock and ice that orbits the sun.
What is a comet?
As distance decreases, gravitational force does this.
What is increases?
The area of the solar system that is influenced by the sun.
What is the heliosphere?
The inner planet with the weakest magnetic field
What is Venus?
A moon of Jupiter that is the largest moon in the solar system.
What is Gannymeade?
A meteor that does not get completely burned up and hits the Earth's surface.
What is a meteorite?
As mass decreases, gravitational force does this.
What is decreases?
The process that causes stars to give off light.
What is nuclear fusion?
The 2 dwarf planets named after fertility gods
What are Make Make and Haumea
A very bright moon of Jupiter that has an icy surface with possible liquid beneath
What is Europa?
This is the area that holds most of the solar system's comets and dwarf planets.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
A light year is the distance light can travel in a year or this many kilometers.
What is 9.5 trillion?