Celestial Objects
The Solar System
Scale Models
Galaxies
100
What is a meteor?
A shooting star
100
What materials were the solar system made of during its early formation?
Gas and dust
100
If Venus has a diameter of 12,104 km and Earth has a diameter of 12,742 km, what does this tell you about how you will make the scale model version of it?
the size will be very similar
100
What type of galaxy is this?
Spiral galaxy
200
What is an asteroid?
a small rocky body orbiting the sun; usually found in the asteroid belt
200
What objects divides the inner and the outer planets?
The asteroid belt
200
What do we use scale models for?
To study really large or really small objects or distances
200
What type of galaxy is this?
Elliptical galaxy
300
What is a comet?
A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows
300
What are inner planets made out of?
What are outer planets made out of?
Inner- Rocky
Outer- Gas/ Ice Giants
300
Why does Jupiter take 12 years to go around the sun when Earth takes 1 year?
Because its travels a shorter distance (bonus points if you mention circumference)
300
What type of galaxy is this?
Irregular
400
What is a celestial object?
Any natural object which is located outside of Earth such as a comet, an asteroid, a moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star
400
What holds the planets in orbit?
Gravity (from the sun)
400
If Mercury is 0.4 Astronomical Units from the Sun, On a scale model how far away would it be if it were on a 1:10 scale ratio in centimeters?
4 cm from the sun
400
What holds galaxies together?
Gravity
500
What do all objects in the solar system orbit around?
The sun 
500
How did the early planets form?
Gravity; Extra material from the formation of the sun clumped into larger objects because of gravity and create planets with more mass
500
To find the diameter of your paper mache scale model Jupiter, you need to know some data to calculate.
You need to know the actual diameter of the Earth in kilometers, the scale diameter of the Earth in centimeters and what other information to calculate the scale diameter of Jupiter in centimeters?
The actual diameter of Jupiter in Kilometers
500
What is located at the center of all large galaxies?
A black hole