Week 8
He was the first American astronaut ro set foot on the moon in 1969
Neil Armstrong
This is the 3rd planet from the sun
Earth
These are pieces of space stuff that hit the Earth's atmosphere
Meteors
Burning spheres of burning gases
Stars
These float around as huge clouds of gas and dust
Nebulae
An object that has collapsed under its own gravity.
Black hole
This telescope was taken into space by the Space Shuttle. Please provide the name of the telescope and the year.
Hubble -- 1969
These storms can often be seen on Mars
Dust
A long tube with two glass lenses
Galileo's telescope
The color of stars that are the coolest
Red
This happens when materials in a nebula combine
A star is born
Singularity
Center of black hole
To see things far away, the telescope needs a camera that uses a special area of light spectrum. What are these areas?
What is the 7th planet from the sun and how many known satellites does it have
Uranus -- 27
Large dishes that detect radio waves
Radio telescopes
How bright a star looks from Earth
These are clusters made up of billions of stars and other celestial objects that float around the universe together
Galaxies
This means smaller than atoms
Subatomic
This planet is closest to the sun
Mercury
This is the earth's only natural satellite
Moon
An Italian mathematician whose discoveries were the start of modern science
Galileo Galilei
Binary stars
Found in pairs
This holds stars all together
Gravity
A group of starts that form a picture in the sky
Consetllation
This is our sister planet and why
Venus -- it is about the same size as Earth
These are big chunks of ice and dirt
Comets
This revolves or orbits around something bigger
Satellite
Gases, dust and particles floating around in space
Interstellar medium
Name of the North Star that is on the end of the Little Dipper's handle
Polaris