COOL SPACE THINGS
A round object that orbits a star and clears its orbital path.
What is a planet?
A rocky object that orbits the Sun, mostly found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an asteroid?
A huge collection of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
This object orbits a planet and can cause tides on Earth.
What is the Moon?
The Moon’s phases repeat in about this many days.
what is 28, 29.5, 27.3
(something along these lines)
A round object that orbits the Sun but does NOT clear its orbital path.
What is a dwarf planet?
A chunk of rock or dust in space that becomes a “shooting star” if it burns up in our atmosphere.
What is a meteoroid?
The galaxy we live in.
What is the Milky Way?
A huge cloud of gas and dust in space where stars are born.
What is a nebula?
This happens when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
This type of star is so large it’s near the end of its life and burns fuel quickly.
What is a supergiant star?
This is what we call a meteoroid after it enters Earth’s atmosphere and glows.
What is a meteor?
A region of space with gravity so strong that not even light can escape.
What is a black hole?
A small, rocky world that orbits the Sun but isn't a moon or planet.
What is an asteroid?
This happens when the Moon blocks the Sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
4This phase comes right before a new moon.
What is a waning crescent?
If a piece of that object survives the fall and hits the ground, it becomes this.
What is a meteorite?
Seasons are caused by Earth’s tilt and its ______ around the Sun.
What is revolution?
The Sun is this type of star.
What is a medium (yellow) main-sequence star?
The line that separates the lit side of the Moon from the dark side.
What is the terminator?
This “failed star” is too small to start nuclear fusion.
What is a brown dwarf star?
A ball of ice, dust, and rock with a glowing tail that always points away from the Sun.
What is a comet?
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, it experiences this season.
What is summer?
The path an object takes around another object.
What is an orbit?
This phase comes right before a new moon.
What is a waning crescent?