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A huge star system with planets is called?

A Galaxy

What kind of galaxy is the milky way?

A barred spiral

What kind of rock is made of metal and dust

Asteroid

A Rocky object that is smaller than an asteroid

<p>Meteoroid</p> Signup and view all the answers

When a Rocky object from space enters earth's atmosphere and lights up due to friction

<p>Meteor</p> Signup and view all the answers

When an Rocky object from space passes through earths atmosphere and hit earths surface

<p>Meteorite</p> Signup and view all the answers

What formed the Barringer Crater?

<p>Meteorite</p> Signup and view all the answers

An icy chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits the sun

<p>Comet</p> Signup and view all the answers

The most famous short term comet ☄️?

<p>Halley's comet</p> Signup and view all the answers

What constellation is this?

<p>Orion</p> Signup and view all the answers

What constellation is this?

<p>Cassiopeia</p> Signup and view all the answers

The brightness of stars is the.....

<p>Magnitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

How bright a star appears to us.....

<p>Apparent magnitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

Neutron star that spins on it's axis

<p>Pulsar</p> Signup and view all the answers

This may occur when a supergiant collapses to a very dense core

<p>Neutron star</p> Signup and view all the answers

A cloud of dust, gases, and debris

<p>Nebula</p> Signup and view all the answers

An existing star flares and becomes brighter

<p>Nova</p> Signup and view all the answers

The death explosion of a star

<p>Supernova</p> Signup and view all the answers

The smallest to largest star

<p>Smallest = Dwarf stars Medium = Giant stars Largest = Supergiants X = X</p> Signup and view all the answers

A light year is the distance that light travels in one year

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The apparent movement or change in position of one star in relationship to other stars is known as pulsating 

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

stars are glowing balls of gases that reflect light 

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

A super giant star that collapses and disappears from space is called a black hole 🕳

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to earth 

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

variable stars are regularly or repeatedly changed in magnitude 

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

A group of stars that forms a pattern is called a galaxy 

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

astrology is the scientific study of stars 

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

when an object moves away from the Earth, its color wavelengths become longer causing a red shift 

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Earth is in the Milky Way galaxy 

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the different telescopes

<p>uses lenses to bend light to make objects appear brighter  = refracting telescope  uses mirrors to reflect light to make objects appear brighter  = reflecting telescope  collect radio waves to detect objects in space that give off little light  = Radio telescope  breaks down a stars light into its colors  = spectroscope </p> Signup and view all the answers

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