Stars
A star that is not the biggest or the smallest, and the planets orbit it.
What is our sun?
We are located in the Milky Way galaxy and looks like it has arms that stretch out around it. What type of galaxy is this?
What is a spiral galaxy?
There are a total of ____________ planets in our solar system in the milkey way galaxy?
What is 8 planets?
Objects that orbit the sun between the inner and outer planets.
What are asteroids.
A tool that will help see more detail about a small area of the sky.
What is a telescope?
Ball of hot gasses clumped together and make their own light.
What is a star?
Made of the parts gas, dust, stars, and objects orbiting stars.
What is a galaxy?
These planets are gassy planets and larger in size an have many moons?
What are the Outer Planets?
An object that looks like a streak of light in the sky but is a small chunk of rock passing through Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
Jupiter and Mars are similar in a way. They both have this around them that includes carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, and helium.
What is atmosphere? (atmospheric pressure on Jupiter would crush anything coming into it)
Stars appear to move across the sky but they are actually staying in one place due to this.
What is earth's rotation on its axis?
When we see stars at night, what galaxy are the located in?
What is the Milky Way? (same as the sun during the day)
The four inner planets are smaller and rocky, and have ______ moons.
What is less?
Located between Mars and Jupiter, it separates the inner planets from the outer planets is called this.......
What is the asteroid belt?
This is the 3rd planet from the sun, and is in the habitable zone.
What is Earth?
When a star is closer to us on earth is appears as this?
What is brighter?
Things that orbit the medium star in our galaxy?
What are the 8 planets?
All planets have moons except for _____ and __________
What is Mercury and Venus?
Which of the following objects are outside our solar system:
Venus Sirius
Sun Moon
What is sirius?
The closest astronomical object located closest to Earth.
a. the sun b. the moon
c. venus d. mars
What is the moon?
We see different constellations at different times of the year even though the stars are staying still. Why is this?
What is due to earth's revolution (orbit) around the sun?
What are the three types of galaxies we see in the universe?
What is an irregular, eliptical, and spiral galaxy?
Another way planets move in space other than revolve around the sun.
What is rotation on its axis?
An object that is made up of frozen gas and has a visible tail, pointing away from the sun.
What is a comet?
The phases of the moon are not caused by the rotation of earth and last ___________ days.
What is 28 days? what is a month?