Stars
Are stars like the sun a solid, liquid, or gas?
gas
What are all the stars in the constellation of the big dipper?
Hint: pages 50-67
Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Phekda, Merak, and Dubhe.
What are 3 possible shapes the moon can be?
Crescent, Gibbous, and Full.
What is an asteroid?
large space rocks that orbit the sun
What is the brightest star?
Sirius
200 Where is the pole star?
Answer: upwards from Dubhe.
How long is the length of one day on the Moon?
Nearly 28 Earth days.
When was the Big Bang?
about 13.7 billion years ago.
What is called when a star is more than 12 times smaller than the sun and is too small to work?
a brown dwarf
Name two stars from the Southern Cross.
Gamma Crucis and Alpha Crucis
What is the diameter of the Moon?
about 3,476 kilometers across
When was the Hubble telescope launched?
1990
What is the diameter of a neutron star?
About 20 kilograms across.
What is the brightest star in the constellation of Carina?
Canopus.
How fast does the sunlight move across the Moon’s surface?
16 kilometers per hour.
What is the diameter of Earth?
A little more than 12,700 kilometers across.