What's space like
Galaxies
Constellations 1
Constellations 2
The Sun
Other Stars
100

An area that contains not air is called?

vacuum 

100

What is the name of our galaxy 

Milky way 

100

Stars that outline a picture in the sky 

Constellation 

100

The closest star to the earth 

the sun

100

Dark patches on the suns photosphere

sunspots 

100

a pair of stars that travel together and rotate around each other as the moon does the earth 

binary star 

200

The study of Outerspace and all that it contains 

astronomy

200

galaxy that has spiral arms attached to a straight "bar" that runs through a galaxy. 

barred spiral 

200

An imaginary line that stretches from pole to pole 

axis or rotation 

200

name the constellation 


Cassiopeia 

200

part of the sun that is only visible during a solar eclipse and the hottest part of the sun's atmosphere 

corona

200

explosion of a star

supernova 

300

A star system containing millions to billions of stars is called ____.

galaxy 

300

large cloud of gas and dust floating around in space 

nebulae 

300

Name this constellation

Southern Cross

300

Name this constellation 

Draco 

300

hottest region of the sun 

core

300

The brightest star in the night sky 

Sirius 

400

The force that resists motion

friction 

400

A cluster of about 40 galaxies in which we find the Earth is called? (hint: a GROUP of galaxies)

Local group

400

The brightest star in the constellation Perseus 

Algol 

400

The familiar shape within the constellation Ursa Major which contains the pointer star 

Big Dipper 

400

How far away from earth is the sun 

93 million miles 

400

The pole star is known as _____

Polaris 

500

Name 3 characteristics of space

any of these:

dark

weightlessness

vacuum

no friction

extreme temps


500

name 3 of the three basic types of galaxies. (not previously named)

spiral, elliptical, irregular 

500

Name this constellation 

andromeda 

500

The brightest star in the constellation Leo is?

Regulus 
500

streams of gas erupting from the chromosphere and returning in a loop-like fashion 

solar prominence 

500

What is the difference between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude 

apparent is how bright it appears from earth 

absolute magnitude is how bright it actually is