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Theories
Galaxies
Solar System
Comets, Asteroids, & Meteoroids
Motion of the Solar System
100
Everything that exists
What is the universe
100
Stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity
What is a galaxy?
100
The third planet from the sun with liquid water and a breathable atomosphere
What is Earth?
100
A shooting star
What is a meteor?
100
Two forces that work together to keeps the planets in orbit
What is gravity?
200
Theory that the Universe began as a singularity or point
What is the Big Bang
200
The galaxy that our solar system is a part of
What is the Milky Way
200
A hurricane typed cloud known as the Great Red Spot is found on
What is Jupiter?
200
Left over planet material
What is Asteroid?
200
Keeps objects on their path unless someone stops it
What is inertia?
300
Famous space instrument that provides evidence and picturs that the universe is still expanding
What is the Hubble Telescope
300
The type of galaxy we live in shape can be described as
What is an spiral galaxy
300
Earth's twin, hottest planet
What is Venus
300
Found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
What is the asteroid belt?
300
States that all objects are attracted to one another. Proposed by Issac Newton
What is gravity or law of gravitational attraction
400
Ptolemy's theory that is used to explain solar system as Earth centered
What is Geocentric
400
Our solar system can be located where in the solar system?
What is the outer arm of the galaxy
400
Appears reddish because of the iron oxide in the soil
What is Mars?
400
A frozen rock of dust and gas that orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit.
What is comet?
400
The reason why the planets orbit (revolve) around the Sun instead of floating throughout the Universe.
What is mass of the Sun?
500
The current model of our solar system theorized by Copernicus and supported by Galileo
What is heliocentric?
500
Small rocky terrestials with 1-2 moons
What are inner planets?
500
Smaller than asteroids these objects are found floating in our solar system?
What is a Meteoroid?
500
Sun, planets, stars, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids all make up
What is the Solar System?