astronomy

Question 1

Comet

Answer 1

A small icy celestial body that when close enough to the sun releases gas.

Question 2

Galaxy

Answer 2

A huge, rotating collection of gases, dust and billions of stars, planets and other celestial objects.

Question 3

Solar System

Answer 3

The sun and all objects that travel around it.

Question 4

Luminous

Answer 4

Producing and giving off light; shining.

Question 5

Orbit

Answer 5

The closed path of a celestial object or satellite as it travels around another celestial object.

Question 6

Star

Answer 6

A massive collection of gases held together by its own gravity and emitting huge amounts of energy.

Question 7

Meteor

Answer 7

A sand to boulder-sized particle of debris in the solar system.

Question 8

Moon

Answer 8

The only natural satellite of the earth.

Question 9

Universe

Answer 9

Everything that exist, including all energy, matter, and space.

Question 10

Asteroid

Answer 10

A small rocky celestial body found mainly between Mars and Jupiter.

Question 11

Satellite

Answer 11

A celestial object that travels around a planet or dwarf planet.

Question 12

Planet

Answer 12

A large, round celestial object that travels around a star.

Question 13

Celestial Object

Answer 13

Any object that exist in space.

Question 14

Astronomy

Answer 14

The scientific study of what is beyond the earth.

Question 15

Sun

Answer 15

The star of our solar system.

Question 16

Constellation

Answer 16

A group of stars that form an easily recognizable pattern that has a name attached to it.

Question 17

lunar eclipse

Answer 17

The Earth blocks the moon from the sun so, you can’t see the moon

Question 18

solar eclipse

Answer 18

the moon blocks the earth from the sun and makes an area on the earth dark.

Question 19

umbra

Answer 19

the very dark areas during an eclipse

Question 20

penumbra

Answer 20

the slightly dark areas during an eclipse

Question 21

the suns core

Answer 21

the very hot center of the sun where nuclear fusion produces the sun’s energy

Question 22

chromosphere

Answer 22

the sun’s inner atmosphere

Question 23

corona

Answer 23

the hot outer put of the sun

Question 24

The sun’s moving gases

Answer 24

temperature and pressure increase

Question 25

the sun’s photosphere

Answer 25

called the surfaces of the sun but made of gases and not solid at all

Question 26

solar flare

Answer 26

travels outwards from the chromosphere through the corona and only lasts a few minutes

Question 27

solar prominence

Answer 27

large sheet of glowing gases burnt outwards from the chromosphere and lasts a few days or weeks

Question 28

sunspots

Answer 28

huge darker and cool areas in the sun’s photosphere