God's Great Universe
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Astronomy | the study of stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies
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| Astronomers | scientists who study outer space, and try to understand space
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| atmosphere | the earth where we are surrounded by the layers of air
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| vacuum | an area containing no air or any other matter
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| friction | the force that resists motion
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| galaxy | a star systems containing from millions of stars billions of stars
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| Milky Way | a barred spiral galaxy which we live in
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| Local group | a cluster of about 40 different galaxies
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| Andromeda galaxy | the most distant object can be seen with the naked eye
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| Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy, Large Magellanic cloud, small Magellanic cloud | three closest galaxies closest to ours
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| Spiral galaxies | looks like a giant pinwheels spinning through the void of space
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| barred galaxies | the spiral arms are attached to a straight bar that runs through the center of the galaxy
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| elliptical galaxies | when viewed from the side it looks like a egg or a football
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| irregular galaxies | composed of stars clumped together in no definite shape
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| nebula | large clouds of gas and dust floating in space
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| constellation | stars outlining such an imaginary picture
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