Galaxies
A giant system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
A scientist who studies stars, planets, and space.
Who is an astronomer?
How many planets are in our solar system?
(What is 8?)
The study of Earth and its place in the universe is called _______.
(What is Earth Science?)
We call this all of God's creation.
What is the Universe?
The spiral galaxy that includes our solar system?
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
The Sun and all objects that orbit around it, including planets and moons.
What is the solar system?
Which is bigger: Earth, the Solar System, or the Milky Way Galaxy?
(What is the Milky Way Galaxy?)
Astronomers mainly study _______ and _______.
What are stars and planets? (and/or other vocab words)
Which is larger: A galaxy or the universe?
(What is the universe?)
A galaxy with a spiral shape and arms, containing you and old stars.
What is a Spiral Galaxy?
The planet that we live on created for us by God.
What is The Earth?
Located in the center of the solar system.
Where is the Sun?
Name one tool astronomers use to observe the sky.
(What is a telescope?)
What term describes the part of the Universe we can actually see from Earth?
What is the Observable universe?
A galaxy shaped like an oval (or fried egg) with mostly older stars.
What is an elliptical galaxy?
The portion of the universe we can observe from Earth.
What is the observable Universe?
The now dwarf planet, that used to be considered a planet. (Mickey Mouse's Dog)
What is Pluto?
This is the only other place humans have gone.
What is the moon?
True or False: The Universe has a definite edge we can see.
What is False?
A galaxy with no specific shape, often smaller and less organized
What is an irregular galaxy?
Everything in space, including both everything we can see, and everything we cannot yet (All of God's creation)
What is The Universe?
Name all the planets in order from the Sun outward.
(What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?)
This is located at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is a black hole?
What do we call all the galaxies, stars, and matter that exist?
(What is the Universe?)