Stars and Galaxies
Massive collection of gases held together by its own gravity
What is a star?
The number of moon phases
What is 8?
Large celestial objects that travel around the sun
What are planets?
Moon between the Earth and the Sun to block the Sun from being seen from Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
Chunks of ice, dust, and rock that orbit the sun
The brightest star
What is Sirius?
The moon phase where the moon is nearly full
What is a Gibbous?
The 4th largest planet in the solar system
What is Earth?
Earth between the Sun and Moon casting a shadow on the Moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
Small celestial objects that are made of metal and rock and orbit the sun, but are too small to be planets
What is an Asteroid?
Part of a cluster of 35 different galaxies and spans 10 million light years across
What is the Milky Way?
Produces electromagnetic radiation and provides energy to life on Earth
What is the sun?
The most commonly known dwarf planet
What is Pluto?
Happens twice a year when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most towards or away from the sun
What is a solstice?
The majority of asteroids can be found here between Jupiter and Mars
What is an Asteroid belt?
The number of constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
What is 88?
The darkening of a celestial object due to the position of another celestial object
What is an Eclipse?
A larger unit than kilometers used to measure between planets
What is astronomical units? (AU)
Occurs in March and September directly in between solstices, when hours of daylight equal the hours of darkness
What is an equinox?
These are commonly known as "falling stars" or "shooting stars"
What is a meteor?
The stages of a stars life from beginning to end
What is a Nebula, Protostar, Red Giant, and White Dwarf?
Darker, cooler areas that appear to move as the sun rotates
What are sunspots?
This planet is 780 000 000 km or 5.2 AU from the sun
What is Jupiter?
The apparent motion of planets moving slower, stopping, and in the reverse direction than normally
What is retrograde motion?
These can create craters after they burn up and hit the ground
What is a meteorite?