Planets
What is at the center of the solar system?
The Sun
What are the different types of galaxies?
elliptical, lenticular, and spiral
What is the closest star to the Earth?
The Sun
What is a constellation?
A group of stars that form a picture in the sky.
What is the temperature of the star Betelgeuse?
3,500 Kelvin
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
A spiral galaxy
What are the star colors and what do they tell you about the temperature of that star?
Red- The coolest stars are red.
Orange Yellow- Warmer than red stars.
Blue White- The hottest stars are blue-white.
What is a tide?
A tide is the alternate rising and falling of the sea.
What is the farthest and oldest known galaxy from the Milky Way?
GN-z11
What happens as planets as planets get farther away from the sun?
They get colder and the distance between them increases.
What is in the middle of the Milky Way galaxy?
A black hole
What is the life cycle of a star? Smaller stars and larger stars.
Smaller stars- Nebula, Protostar, Main Sequence Star, Red Giant, White Dwarf or Black Dwarf.
Larger stars-Nebula, Protostar, Main Sequence Star, Red Super Giant, Supernova, Black Hole or Neutron Star.
What is a satelite?
A satellite is a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or star.
What is the difference between planets close to the sun and far from the sun?
The closer plant are rocky and the farther planets are gaseous.
How does the Milky Way gain size?
It gains size by “swallowing” other galaxies.
What is a light year?
The distance light travels in a year.
What is a comet?
Comets are frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ices.
What makes a dwarf planet a dwarf planet?
Being small, and not having a clear orbit.
What is the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way, and how does it compare to the Milky Way in terms of size?
The nearest large galaxy is the Andromeda galaxy, and it is twice the size of the Milky Way.
What is the closest star to the Earth after the Sun?
Proxima Centauri
What is the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse?
Solar Eclipse- when the moon gets between Earth and the sun, and the moon casts a shadow over Earth
Lunar Eclipse- an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.