Stars and Galaxys

How far away is the sun?

93 million miles

What is the hottest planet?

Venus

Which planet has the most volcanoes?

Mars

How many stars are in are solar system?

1

Name all of the planets people have walked on.

Earth

What does the mars rover do?

It takes pictures and sends them back to earth.

Name all of Mars moons.

Phobos, Deimos.

What is Jupiter's “Great Red Spot”?

A huge wind storm.

Name all of the planets that have rings.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptone

Name all of the “Gas Giants.”

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptone

What is the coldest planet?

Uranus

How fast do winds blow on Neptune’s wind storms?

3 times faster than a hurricane on Earth.

Why isn’t Pluto considered a planet any more?

 It is to small.

Name all five dwarf planets in or solar system.

Pluto, Creses, make make. eris 

How long does it take for light to travel from the sun to Earth?

8 minutes.

Name Pluto 3 moons

Charon, Nix, Hydra

What were the name s of the first people to walk on the moon?

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin

When was the last time someone walked on the moon.

1972

planet

orbits the sun is a massive enough to be nearly sphearical in shape has no other large object in its path.

Dwarf planet

orbits the sun and are nearly sphearical in shape but they are much smaller than planets.

moon

is a natural satilite that orbits an object other than a star

astriods

are smaller rocky objects then that orbit the sun

comet

they are small rocky icy objects the orbit the sun

metoriods

are small rocky particles that move through space

metor

Streaks of light that Earth’s atmosphere produces.

How many Earths would fit in the sun?

over 1,000,000

What made the craters on mercury

Metorids

What type of rain does Venus have?

Acid

What color is the iron dust on Mars?

red

What divides the solar system into two sections?

an asteroid belt

Which planet has the big red storm?

Jupiter

What are the colors of Uranus, Neptune.

Blue and green

How often do the planets line up in a row?

Very rarly.

Blue

1st hottest

Blue white

2nd hottest

White

3rd hottest

Yellow White

4th hottest

Yellow

5th hottest

Orange

6th hottest

Red

7th hottest 

Elliptical galaxies

Shaped like basketballs or footballs, elliptical galaxies contain older, redder stars and have little gas or dust. Because stars have form from gas and dust, elliptical galaxies contain few young stars

Irregular galaxies

These oddly shaped galaxies contain large amounts of gas and dust. They exhibit the highest rate of any galaxy type. Irregular galaxies have many young stars.