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Stars
Heavenly Bodies
Asteroids
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Meteors
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The North Star is found in what constellation?

Ursa Minor, or The Little Dipper
100
Clouds of gas and dust that can be seen in space are called:
Nebulae
100
This is a large rock that orbits the sun.
Asteroid
100
How are comets different than asteroids?
They are made mostly of ice with dust and bits of rock
100

What is a collection of planets orbiting the sun called?

solar system

200
What is the unit of distance used to measure how far away something is in space?
Light-Year
200
What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky-Way
200
Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter
200
What are the two main parts of a comet?
The tail and the head
200

Piece of space debris that burns up in Earth's atmosphere

Meteor

300

This is the term for a group of starts that form a picture.

Constellation

300

What is the name of the explosion of a star?

Nova or Supernova

300
This is the name of the first and largest asteroid discovered.
Ceres
300
What is located in the head of a comet?
The nucleus and the coma
300
What is a meteoroid?
Particle in space that is too small to be an asteroid or a comet
400

What is the color of the hottest star? 

Color of the coldest start?

Where does our sun fit on the color spectrum?

Blue

Red

In the middle (yellow)

400
This unusual object found in space is relatively small but is as bright as an entire galaxy.
Quasar
400
Asteroids orbit around what?
The Sun
400

What can you tell from a star's brightness?

Its surface temperature

400
What is a meteorite?
A meteor that survives the hot trip through the atmosphere and hits the surface of the earth.
500

Explain the difference between Astronomy and Astrology.

various reasons

500
A supernova may become as much as ________ times brighter.
Twenty
500

What is the Celestial Equator?

Projection of the Equator on to the Night Sky.

500

Who was the first scientist to apply the laws of astronomy to comets?

Edmond Halley

500

Where did Atticus visit a site on earth that was hit by a meteor?

Arizona

Meteor Crater in Arizona