Question | Answer |
Meteor | A piece of rock or metal from space that enters Earth's atmosphere |
Meteorite | A meteor that falls to Earth ,also called a shooting star |
Comet | An icy ball that contains dust and rock and travel in an elliptical orbit around the Sun |
Planet | A large object the circles a star and does not produce i's own light |
Star | A huge globe of hot gases that shines by it's own light |
Constellation | A group of stars that forrms a pattern in the night sky |
Revolution | Earrth's yearly tip around the sun, which causes the seasons to change |
Rotation | The spinning of the Earth that causes day and night |
Axis | An imaginary rod stretching through the planet between the North and South poles |
Telescope | Reflecting and refracting |
Reflecting uses | A curved mirror |
Reflecting telescopes are easier to build because | It is easier to build a large mirror than alarge lens |
Refracting telescope uses | lenses |
Another name for the North Star is | Polaris |
Polaris lies directly above the | North Pole |
Earth's Makes the stars appear to move across the night sky | rotation |
One of Earth's takes about 24 hours | rotation |
A planet is different from a star because it does not produce it's own | light |
The word comes from the Greek word wandering stara | planet |
The big dipper is a part of the constellation called | ursa major |
The object that is known as the morning star is called | Venus |