Planets
This is the largest planet.
What is Jupiter?
This term describes a ball of gas.
What is a star?
The galaxy that has an oval shape.
What is an elliptical galaxy?
These are commonly referred to as shooting stars.
What is a meteor?
These ALL orbit the sun.
What is an asteroid, meteor & comet?
This is known as the red planet.
What is Mars?
What determines the life cycle that a star will go through?
What is mass?
The galaxy that is classified as having arms.
What is a spiral galaxy?
These are smaller than some moons but larger than meteors.
What is an asteroid?
What is between Mars & Jupiter?
This is known as the hottest planet.
What is venus?
Stars spend most of their lives in this phase.
What is main sequence?
The type of galaxy that results from two galaxies colliding.
What is an irregular galaxy?
These are the two places where you find comets.
What is the Oort cloud and Kuiper belt?
These were the first two elements in the universe.
What is Hydrogen and Helium?
This planet has a great dark spot.
What is Neptune?
The _____ is the last stage in a low-mass star’s life when it no longer emits heat or light.
What is a black dwarf?
These are made of billions of stars, gas & dust held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
This land feature is found when a meteorite lands on Earth.
What is a crater?
This the name of space objects that land on Earth's surface.
What is a meteorite?
List the planets in the correct order. You need to start with the planet closest to the sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
__________ is reached when the battle between gravity and gas pressure is equal.
What is equilibrium?
This is the name of the galaxy that we live in.
What is the Milky Way galaxy?
When a meteor crosses the sky, the light given off is caused by _____________________.
What is friction?
What were the 3 pieces of evidence that supported the BBT?
What is redshift, CMB & the term Big Bang.