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Planets in Our Solar System
Definitions
Stars
The beginning
The Moon and The Sun
100
The third planet in our solar system
earth
100
a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
constellation
100
A simple way to find polaris?
find the big dipper and then the little dipper
100
13.6 billion years ago?
When did the Big Bang occur?
100
when seen in the sky, it is difficult to detect because the sun is behind it, so that it's surface facing the Earth is non-reflective.
What is a New Moon?
200
The biggest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
200
a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice
comet
200
why stars appear brighter than others
size and distance from the earth
200
the term used to describe the apparent movement of the spectral lines of stars, in the very distant edges of the universe.
What is Red Shift?
200
an eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface, which is associated with sunspots.
the sun
300
the smallest planet
mercury
300
what we use to measure distances in our solar system
Astronomical Unit
300
the explosive death of a star
a supernova
300
cosmic background radiation
What evidence of the Big Bang theory?
300
the term used to describe the shape of the moon 7 days after Full moon.
What is waning quarter?
400
this planet orbits the sun on its side
Uranus
400
a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
a galaxy
400
a cloud of gas and dust in space. the beginning of a stars life cycle
nebula
400
a possible end to the expansion of the universe, which would be characterized by the discovery of a blue shift
What is the big Crunch?
400
an eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface, which is associated with sunspots.
solar flare
500
how many outer planets are there and what do they have in common
Four. All gaseous planets.
500
a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground
meteorite
500
the term we use to describe both the heat and density of the pinpoint size "stuff" that becomes the universe.
What is INFINITE?
500
when the moon aligns between the Sun and Earth
a Solar Eclipse