The Solar System and Beyond!

The sun is part of a(n) elliptical galaxy.

Pick the BEST answer: A light-year is

What objects are found at the label of 5?

It's believed that galaxies are moving away from each other, meaning the universe is _________.

During a total lunar eclipse the moon is in Earth’s

What phenomenon scientifically explains why we cycle between night and day?

Use the attached image to answer this question: Identify area A.

Most galaxies are moving away from each other, which means the universe is contracting.

What is distinctive about Jupiter?

The fact that each planet’s orbit is an ellipse was discovered by

The solar system formed from

Which two phases are gibbous moons?

The heliocentric system gained support when who supported it?

Our solar system is located in the ____________________ galaxy.

Use the attached image to answer this question: Identify area B.

What happens to low-mass and medium-mass stars when they run out of fuel?

The Milky Way galaxy is an example of a(n)

Objects in space can experience extremes of temperature because there is no gravity in space.

What type of eclipse involves the Sun, Earth and Moon?

What celestial body was a black hole prior to its collapse?

The smallest of the planets

What is the name of the planet is labeled as 6? 

What is shown in this image?

All stars begin as part of a large cloud of gas and dust called a(n) __________.

What is the name of the theory that explains how the universe began with an enormous explosion?

End of the Universe theory involving"The Big Crunch", with the universe collapsing on itself?

The force that pulls together the matter in stars is

What are the phases in A and D called

Theory that astronomers have developed to describe the formation of the universe is called the

Day and night are caused by Earth’s revolution on its axis.

In a heliocentric system, Earth revolves around

What is the name of the dwarf planet that was once considered/classified to be a planet?

The gas giants are small, dense, and have rocky surfaces.

What color are the coolest stars?

Theory that astronomers have developed to describe the formation of the universe is called the

Which body (bodies) accounts for more than 99 percent of the mass of the solar system?

In phase E, from what direction is the sun shining?

A star is born when

Earth has seasons because...

Astronomers typically measure distances to stars in units called kilometers.

The sun is part of a(n) _______ galaxy.

Uranus is different from most other planets because it

End of Universe theory involving the Universe endlessly expanding and running out of energy?

All of the terrestrial planets have many moons.

What is a an area in space that has such intense gravity that light cannot escape called?

What is the name of the shadow cast onto the Earth's surface during a solar eclipse?