Space Vocabulary Flashcards

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Planet

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A celestial body that is in the form of a sphere, orbits a sun, and is big enough to clear objects from it’s orbit

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Star

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A large celestial body that fuses hydrogen into helium

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Meteor

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A chunk of rock from space that is inside of Earth’s atmosphere but has not hit the surface

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Meteoroid

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A chunk of rock orbiting the sun broken off of an asteroid

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Black Hole

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An object caused by a very massive star’s death with gravity so strong that not even light can escape

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Dwarf Planet

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A celestial body that doesn’t follow at least one of the three rules to be a planet

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Nebula

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A gigantic cloud of gas and dust where new stars are born

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Red Dwarf

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The smallest type of star, barely big enough to fuse hydrogen into helium

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Yellow Dwarf

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A medium sized star, our sun

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Blue Dwarf

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The stage after a red dwarf after it has used much of it’s hydrogen supply

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Blue Giant

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A very hot star in it’s giant stage

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Red giant

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The giant phase of some stars (including our sun in 4 billion years)

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Meteorite

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A chunk of rock from space that has hit Earth’s surface

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Comet

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A small celestial body made of ice, rock, and frozen gas

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