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| spiral galaxy | a galaxy with a bulge in teh middle and arms that spiral outward in a pinwheel pattern
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| irregular galaxy | a galaxy that does not have a regular shape
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| quasar | a very large bright, distant galaxy with a giant black hole at its center
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| milky way | another name for our galaxy
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| nucleus, coma, and tail | 3 main parts of a comet
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| The heat from the sun pushes the gas and dust outward | What forms a comets tail?
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| Halley's Comet | Comet that travels 7 billion miles in one orbit around the sun
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| comets or asteroids | Where do meteoroids come from?
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| Earth's gravity | How do meteoroids fall into the Earth's atmosphere?
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| Meteorites | The craters on the moon were caused by?
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| Favorable conditions needed to live | What does goldilock's conditions mean?
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| temperature, color, size, compostion, brightness | 5 Characteristics used to slassify stars?
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| 9.5 million | a light year equals about what in kilometers?
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| helium and hydrogen | What 2 gases are found in a star?
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| It's mass | What determines how long a star lives?
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| six | How many stages does a star gro through?
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| False | The life span of a star is about 3 miilion years? True or False
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| True | The sun is a star. True or False
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| True | Our sun in about about 4.6 billion years old. True or False
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| It explodes | What happens to a supernova after it becomes so bright?
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| False | Ellliptical galaxies contain only new stars. True or False
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| M87 | Which galaxy have sientist found what they think is a black hole?
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| Spiral | What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
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| The stars look like a road of milk at night. | Why is our galaxy named after milk?
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| It's too large | Why is our galaxy measured in light years rather than kilometers or miles?
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| nebula, baby star, star, super giant, white dwarf, black dwarf | List the six stages in teh life of a star.
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