The moon
what is the first phase of the moon?
new moon.
What is the 3rd planet from the sun?
Earth
This thing is sometimes referred to as a shooting star?
Meteor
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
Milky Way.
What is the Big Bang?
The theory of how the universe started.
What does waxing mean?
The part of the moon that is illuminated growing.
What is the furthest planet from the sun?
Neptune
this Thing comes from the Oort cloud and has a “tail”?
A comet
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
A spiral galaxy.
What where the first elements to form?
Hydrogen and helium.
What does waning mean?
The illuminated part of the moon shrinking.
how Many planets are there?
8
How does a meteorite form?
What type of galaxy has no regular shape?
An irregular galaxy.
When did The universe “bang” into existence?
Around 13 billion years ago.
What is a blue moon?
The second full moon in a month.
What is The thing that separates the inner and outer planets?
Asteroid belt
What are the names of the two tails of a comet?
An ion tail and a dust tail.
What are the 3 types of galaxies?
Elliptical, spiral, and irregular
True or false the universe is still expanding?
True. We know this because of redshift.
what causes the phases of the moon?
The light of the sun shining on half of the moon.
What are the 4 gas giants?
Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune
What is a comet made of?
Rocks, gasses, and dust.
What is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
The andromeda galaxy.
What two scientists created the Big Bang theory?
The theory itself was originally formalized by Georges Lemaître in 1927. Hubble's Law of the expansion of the universe provided foundational support for the theory.