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Astronomy
Stars
Galaxies
100
repeated events such as the seasons, the phases of the Moon, and the rising and setting of the Sun each day.
What are patterns?
100
It takes eight minutes for light from this star to reach the Earth.
What is the Sun?
100
It is a huge system of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
200
This occurs when the Moonblocks the Sun's light.
What is a solar eclipse?
200
It is a gigantic ball of very hot gases that gives off electromagnetic radiation.
What is a star?
200
They look like pinwheels, with bright, bulging middles and wispy arms that fan out.
What are spiral galaxies?
300
This was built in England about 5, 000 years ago.
What is Stonehenge?
300
It takes light four years to reach Earth from this star, our closets neighbor.
What is Alpha Centuri?
300
These are almost round or more oval shape like a football.
What is an elliptical galaxy?
400
A large pyramid in Mexico. It has 365 steps, one for each day of the year.
What is Chichen Itza?
400
a blue-white or white star.
What is the hottest star?
400
These galaxies have no real shape. They are likely young where stars are forming.
What is an irregular galaxy?
500
These twin telescopes are located in a volcano in Hawaii.
What are the Keck I and II?
500
This is a point in space where gravity is so strong nothing can escape.
What is a black hole?
500
This is Earth's home galaxy.
What is the Milky Way?