Earth Sun System
Astronomy
What is the study of the universe called?
Gravity
What is the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
What is the force that keeps us from floating off Earth into space?
Meteorite
What is a meteor that lands on the Earth called?
Elliptical Galaxy
What is a galaxy in the shape of an oval called?
Refracting and Reflecting Telescope
What are the two types of telescopes used to make images seem larger and brighter?
Inertia
What is the force called that causes objects to resist a change in motion or rest?
Irregular galaxy
What type of galaxy lacks a distinct, uniform shape?
Space probes
What are used to obtain close-up views of objects in space?
Orbit
What is the path of an object as it goes around the sun called?
Asteroid
What is a rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun called?
Sun
What is an object that makes up 99.9% of our solar system's mass?
Planets
What object is created when gravity has caused space matter to collect in clumps?
International Space Station
What object's orbit takes it over 90% of Earth's population, making it the third-brightest object in the night sky, after the Moon and Venus.
Rotate
How do planets turn on their axis?
Meteor
What is a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere called?
Helium and Hydrogen
What are the most common elements that stars are composed of?
Big Bang
What is the current accepted theory about the beginning of the universe called?
Revolve
The Earth is said to do what to the Sun when it goes around it?
Meteoroids
What is a small rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun in both the inner and outer regions?
White Dwarf
What is the final stage of a star's development?
What will our Sun become in its final stage?
A Spiral
What is the Milky Way galaxy's shape?