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Vocabulary For Space Science And Aviation.
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Asteroid
a) Rocks floating around in space. Some are the size of a pick-up truck. Others are hundreds of miles across.
b) A collection of thousands to billions of stars held together by gravity.
c) A meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet.
d) A little chunk of rock in space smaller than a pick up truck. If it were bigger, it would be an asteroid.
Atmosphere
a) A place in space where matter and light cannot escape if they fall in
b) The gases held by gravity around Earth and around other planets.
c) A cloud of dust or gas found between stars.
d) The space around a magnet where the magnetic force is active. Helps protect us from space weather.
Black hole
a) An icy rock that lets off gas and dust, which may form tails when it is flying close to a sun.
b) A place in space where matter and light cannot escape if they fall in.
c) A collection of thousands to billions of stars held together by gravity.
d) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
Comet
a) The outer atmosphere of a star.
b) A collection of thousands to billions of stars held together by gravity.
c) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
d) An icy rock that lets off gas and dust, which may form tails when it is flying close to a sun.
Constellation
a) A place in space where matter and light cannot escape if they fall in.
b) A collection of thousands to billions of stars held together by gravity.
c) Very dense star made mostly of neutrons
d) A group of stars in the sky. They're often named after an animal, object, or person.
Corona
a) The outer atmosphere of a star.
b) A force that pulls matter together.
c) A meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet.
d) The star in the center of our solar system.
Electromagnetic Spectrum
a) The space around a magnet where the magnetic force is active. Helps protect us from space weather.
b) The name for all the different kinds of light and energy in the universe.
c) The distance light travels in one year.
d) A natural object that travels around a bigger natural object.
Galaxy
a) A collection of thousands to billions of stars held together by gravity.
b) A force that pulls matter together.
c) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
d) A group of stars in the sky. They're often named after an animal, object, or person.
Gamma rays
a) Part of the electromagnetic spectrum, also called gamma radiation. These waves have lots of energy. They come from big event
b) The space around a magnet where the magnetic force is active. Helps protect us from space weather.
c) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
d) The name for all the different kinds of light and energy in the universe.
Gravity
a) The gases held by gravity around Earth and around other planets.
b) A place in space where matter and light cannot escape if they fall in.
c) A force that pulls matter together.
d) The space around a magnet where the magnetic force is active. Helps protect us from space weather.
Light year
a) The distance light travels in one year. It’s the same as 5,878,499,810,000 miles (or 9,460,538,400,000,000 meters).
b) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
c) A group of stars in the sky. They're often named after an animal, object, or person.
d) A collection of thousands to billions of stars held together by gravity.
Magnetic field
a) The name for all the different kinds of light and energy in the universe.
b) The distance light travels in one year. It’s the same as 5,878,499,810,000 miles (or 9,460,538,400,000,000 meters).
c) The space around a magnet where the magnetic force is active. Helps protect us from space weather.
d) A very dense star made mostly of neutrons. It has very powerful gravitational force .
Meteor
a) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
b) A meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet.
c) A little chunk of rock in space smaller than a pick up truck. If it were bigger, it would be an asteroid.
d) Rocks floating around in space. Some are the size of a pick-up truck. Others are hundreds of miles across.
Meteorite
a) A meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet.
b) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
c) A little chunk of rock in space smaller than a pick up truck. If it were bigger, it would be an asteroid.
d) Rocks floating around in space. Some are the size of a pick-up truck. Others are hundreds of miles across.
Meteoroid
a) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
b) A natural object that travels around a bigger natural object.
c) A little chunk of rock in space smaller than a pick up truck. If it were bigger, it would be an asteroid.
d) Rocks floating around in space. Some are the size of a pick-up truck. Others are hundreds of miles across.
Moon
a) A cloud of dust or gas found between stars.
b) A natural object that travels around a bigger natural object.
c) A little chunk of rock in space smaller than a pick up truck. If it were bigger, it would be an asteroid.
d) A meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet.
Nebula
a) A natural object that travels around a bigger natural object.
b) A meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet
c) The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction.
d) A cloud of dust or gas found between stars.
Neutron star
a) A very dense star made mostly of neutrons. It has very powerful gravitational force.
b) A ball of shining gas, made mostly of hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity.
c) The star in the center of our solar system.
d) A cloud of dust or gas found between stars.
Star
a) A cloud of dust or gas found between stars.
b) A natural object that travels around a bigger natural object.
c) A ball of shining gas, made mostly of hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity.
d) A force that pulls matter together.
Sun
a) The star in the center of our solar system.
b) A meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet.
c) A little chunk of rock in space smaller than a pick up truck. If it were bigger, it would be an asteroid.
d) A natural object that travels around a bigger natural object.
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