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Theory that the Universe began with an enormous explosion of energy
Big Bang
'Close' stars clumped together by gravitational forces over billions of years to form these.
galaxy
Huge clouds of interstellar gas- the birth place of stars
Nebulae
The distance traveled by light in one year
a light year
The study of the Universe
Cosmology
The study of stars
astonomy
A phenomenon that causes you to see different views of the same object
parallax
White band of light in the night sky made of more than 200 billion stars
The Milky Way.
Name two constellations
Southern Cross, Big Dipper, Virgo, Orion,
A group of stars that form a picture or pattern that is recognized by people around the world
constellation
List the four Gas Giant Planets
Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune
They orbit the sun, reflect the light from the sun, do not twinkle and are large enough to clear their orbit of dust rock and other objects
Planet
Number of planets in our solar system
8
List the order of the planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Large rocky objects that orbit the Sun and are usually found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid
A "small' rock or piece of debris orbiting in space
Meteoroid
Made of ice, carbon dioxide and dust. It is a long shining tail and travels around the Sun
Comet
a meteoroid that enters Earth's Atmosphere and becomes a fireball
Meteroite
Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus
Terrestrial or Rocky Planets
Reflects sunlight. Is the biggest and brightest object in the night sky when visible
the Moon
The Sun and the planets make up this system
Solar System
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