the galaxy that contains our Solar System is called?
100
There is about 10 planets in our galaxy.
How many planets are in space?
100
1.3 light-hours
How far is Saturn away from the sun?
100
Hard planets that have deep, massive, atmosphere rather than hard and rocky surfaces like those of the inner planets.
What does Gas Giants mean?
200
A Hubble Telescope
What type of telescope can you use so see the type of galaxies.
200
Yes (students will verify their answer)
Is sun a star or not? (explain why)
200
43.3 light-minutes
How far is Jupiter away from the sun?
200
A natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet.
What does satellites mean?
200
Asteroid
A small rock in space is called an __________.
300
It contains Stars, Dust, and Gas.
What does the galaxies contain.
300
2.7 light-hours
How far is Uranus away from the sun?
300
The change in the sunlit area of one celestial body as seen from another celestial body.
What does phase mean?
400
There is about a 100 trillion stars in space.
How many stars are in the galaxies? (estimate)
400
You can use a Kepler-20 telescope.
What kind of telescope can you use to see the planets easily?
400
4.2 light-hours
How far is Neptune away from the sun?
400
An event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another.
What does eclipse mean?
500
The word galaxy derives from the Greek term for our own galaxy
Where did the word galaxy came from?
500
When the Big Bang Theory happened.
How did the galaxy started? What is it called?
500
A small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit that orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close ti the sun.