Human Interest in Space
The field of science that studies space.
What is Astronomy
One complete spin of Earth on its axis.
What is a rotation
An object that orbits stars.
What is a planet
The term used to describe the collection of stars held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy
A type of galaxy where arms radiate out from the galaxy's centre.
What is a spiral galaxu
Natural objects you can see from Earth.
What are celestial bodies
An object that orbits a planet.
What is a satellite
The name of a big chunk of space rock.
What is an asteroid
The type of star that has no fusion yet.
What is a protostar
About half of all spiral galaxies appear to be this type of galaxy.
The 2nd image that goes with a constellation
What are asterisms
The direction Earth spins viewed from above.
What is counter clockwise
The 6th planet from the Sun
What is Saturn
The name for when a medium mass star dies.
What is a red giant
The name for when two or more galaxies merge.
What is an elliptical galaxy
The day with the most daylight or the least
What is a solstice
An event where Earth lies directly between the Moon and the Sun.
What is a lunar eclipse
The category of planets that include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What are Gas Giants
The type of star that lives the shortest.
What is a high mass star
A concentration of stars in a relatively small region of space.
What are star clusters
The date of the summer solstice.
What is June 21st.
The term used for the apparent path of the Sun as it moves through the sky.
What is an ecliptic.
A form of nuclear energy located within a star.
What is fusion
Happens in high mass stars greater than 40 times the size of our Sun.
What is a black hole
What is dark matter