Vocabulary
What is the name for a burning ball of gas that is undergoing a nuclear reaction.
A star
True or False; the same side of the moon always faces towards Earth.
TRUE
Who invented the reflecting telescope?
Galileo.
What is the star in our solar system called?
The Sun.
What is in a black hole?
a) Nothing
b) Marshmallows
c) Very dense mass (stuff)
c) Very dense mass (stuff)
What is the name for a natural satellite of a planet.
A moon.
What is the name for a large hole made from a meteorite hitting the moon
A crater
Who investigated the gravity of the Earth and solar system?
Newton.
What is the order of the planets, from the sun outward?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, dwarf planet Pluto
Why is a black hole black?
It's gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape.
What is the name for a large group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
A galaxy.
Name 3 of the phases of the moon.
Any 3 of; crescent, quarter, full, gibbous, and new.
When were black holes named?
1967
Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the name of the point at the centre of a black hole?
Singularity
What is the name for a small piece of rock traveling through space.
Meteoroid.
What is the gravity of the moon compared to the earth?
One-sixth of the earth.
What is the telescope that was launched into Earth's atmosphere in 1990 called?
Hubble
What are the rocky planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Describe briefly how a black hole is formed
A heavy star gets old and runs out of fuel and implodes.
The leftover matter collapses on itself to a single small point.
What is the name for the reaction that fuels the stars.
Fusion.
How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
27 and 1/3 days.
When do we estimate the first humans may travel to Mars.
a) By 2030
b) By 2060
c) By 2100
a) By 2030
What galaxy is our solar system located in?
Milky way galaxy.
When black holes are consuming surrounding dust and stars they emit light and radiation called ________
Quasars