Celestial Bodies

Question 1

Moon?

Answer 1

A natural satellite of a planet

Question 2

Star?

Answer 2

Celestial body that generates his own light and he and consists of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity.

Question 3

Planet?

Answer 3

Is a celestial body that is in orbit around a star?
- must orbit a star
- must have enough mass to form its own shape
- have cleared the region around its orbit of other celestial bodies.

Question 4

Comet?

Answer 4

A dusty snowball that orbits a star

Question 5

Astroid?

Answer 5

A small rocky body in space

Question 6

Meteor?

Answer 6

A solid object from Irish space that enters the earths atmosphere.

Question 7

Universe?

Answer 7

Everything that exists

Question 8

Celestial bodies?

Answer 8

A naturally made object outside the Earth atmosphere

Question 9

Satellite?

Answer 9

Is an object orbiting a celestial body of large mass?

Question 10

Astronomy?

Answer 10

The science that deals with the universe beyond their earth atmosphere

Question 11

Solar system?

Answer 11

A solar system is a group of planets, asteroids and other celestial body that are in orbit around a star.

Question 12

Galaxy?

Answer 12

A large system of stars held together by its own gravity E.g. the Milky Way

Question 13

All about the Big Bang theory?

Answer 13

14 billion years ago, the universe was a small as a pinhead. It was extremely hot and dense. It then exploded, this was called the Big Bang. It creating time, space and matter. Then the universe expanded.

Question 14

All the planets?

Answer 14

M - Mercury
V - Venus
E - earth
M - Mars
J - Jupiter
S - Saturn
U - Uranus
N - Neptune