A "moon" is called ____________ an object orbiting another planet.
What is a natural satellite?
100
I am made up of very young stars lots of gas and dust. I have no definite shape
What is irregular galaxy?
100
I was the first to propose the Big Bang Theory.
Who is George Lemaitre?
100
I usually orbit planets. I don't have my own light but I can shine.
What is a moon?
100
I am what they think might have created the universe.
What is The Big Bang Theory?
200
The moon's gravitational force causes these to happen.
What is high and low tides?
200
I am a mixture of stars, gases and dust. I am held together by forces such as gravity.
What is a galaxy?
200
I confirmed that other galaxies exist.
Who is Edwin Hubble?
200
I am found in a belt between Jupiter and Mars. I am made up of stone and metal.
What is an asteroid?
200
I am the longest night of the year.
What is the winter solstice?
300
I take about 29 days to complete with a revolution around the moon.
What phases of the moon?
300
My shape of light is circular. Although I am not perfect I look like an egg. In me you find the oldest stars, very little dust and gas.
What is elliptical galaxy?
300
I named the different shapes of the galaxies?
Who is Edwin Hubble?
300
I look like a shooting star. I usual am in a short or long orbit that pass Earth once and a while. I am made up of carbon, dust and ice.
What is a comet?
300
I am when the day and night are equal.
What is vernal or autmnal equinox?
400
I am the phase of the moon that is increasing but less than half of me is showing.
What is waxing gibbous?
400
I have a central bulge of bright light. I contain middle age stars.
What is spiral galaxy?
400
I made a mistake and said the Universe is never changing.
Who is Albert Einstein?
400
I am formed after a collision and a piece of "rock" breaks off. I might fall to the Earth's surface if I get caught in the pull of gravity. Or I might float in space.
What is meteoriod?
400
I am why the Northern and Southern Hemispheres have different seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
500
I am the phase of the moon that is decreasing and I'm found in the first quarter.
What is waning crescent?
500
I am the way you determine whether I am moving toward or away from the view.
What is red or blue shift?
500
I was one of the first to make a telescope. I loved to study space long, long, long ago... (This question is not on the test.)
Who is Gallileo?
500
I am formed after a collision and a piece of "rock" breaks off. I fall to the Earth's surface when I get caught in the pull of gravity. I might burn up or part of me might hit Earth. Ouch! That hurt!
What is meteorite?
500
I am a unit that astronomers use to measure in space.