Solar System Flashcards
Astromener
A person who studies the universe
Iregular
A Galaxy with no particular shape
Color
A characteristic that is related to stars temperature
star
A ball of hot glowing gasses
Spiral
A pinwheel like Galaxy
Galaxy
A group of stars dust and gasses
Elliptical
A Galaxy shaped like a flattened globe
Universe
Everything that exist planets stars dust and gasses
Stronomy
The study of the objects in space and their properties
Something in space made of rock and iron that Is various in size Orbits the Sun and is found in our Solar System
Asteroids
Something in space that has tails made of rock ice dust and frozen gasses and has long orbits around the Sun and is found in our solar system
Comet
Meteoroid
Pieces of rock that break off of Asteroids
Meteor
A streak of light caused by a meteoroid
Meteorites
Mediords that reach earth’s surface
Orbit
To rotate or revolve around something such as a path
Small natural objects that revolve around other objects Are called what
Moon
A large round body that revolves around a star is called what
A planet
The inner planets are
Mercury Venus Earth and Mars
The outer planets are
Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune
This type of planet have dense rock are known as the rocky planets are closest to the Sun relatively smaller have few moons and no rings
Inner planets
A type of planets with a small rocky core surrounded by gas known as the gas giants which are farthest from the Sun and relatively bigger with many moons and all planets have rings
The outer planets
The Sun is A what sized star
Medium
The hottest star is what color
Blue
The coldest star is what color
Red
