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