Stars
What is a star?
Huge ball of hot burning gas that produces its own light
What motion of earth causes day and night?
Rotation
What is the sun made of?
Gas (hydrogen and helium)
What type of star is the sun?
Yellow
What is the name for the path that earth takes around the sun?
Orbit
What is the color of the hottest star?
Blue
What motion of earth takes a year to complete?
Revolution
What size is the sun compared to other stars?
Average
What is a group of stars that form a picture called?
constellation
How many stars are in our solar system?
ONE
Which color of star is the coolest?
Red
Axis
It is the closest!!
Why do we see different constellations throughout the year?
Rotation and Revolution of earth
What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky Way
Which type of star can be compared to an apple core?
White Dwarf
What causes earth to have seasons?
It is tiltled!
Why does the sun rise and set each night? (what causes that?)
Rotation of earth
What type of star will our sun turn into next?
Red Giant
What is the name of an object in space that orbits a star?
Planet
What type of star is the most rare?
Blue Giant
What is the shape of earths orbit?
Elliptical
About how many more years does our sun have?
5 billion
Polaris
What is the name of something in space that orbits another object?
satellite