
Astronomy Vocabulary Review
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- Q1Who studies objects in space, such as black holes, galaxies, moons, planets and stars?ZoologistAstronomerBiologistJet Setter60s
- Q2The study of celestial objects, space, and the universe as a whole.UmiverseAstronomySolar SystemPlanet60s
- Q3A theory that says the universe began as a small point that expanded rapidly about 13.7 billion years ago.Solar SystemGeocentric ModelBig Bang TheoryHeliocentric Model60s
- Q4A large grouping of stars in space.UniverseSolar SystemPlanetGalaxy60s
- Q5A model showing Earth located at the center of the universe.AstronomyBig Bang TheoryGeocentric ModelHeliocentric Model60s
- Q6A model showing the Sun as a fixed point in the center of the universe, with objects revolving around it.Geocentric ModelSolar SystemHeliocentric ModelBig Bang Theory60s
- Q7The galaxy in which Earth and the Sun are located.UniverseAstronomyMilky Way GalaxySolar System60s
- Q8A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object.Big Bang TheoryAstronomyRelativeOrbit60s
- Q9A star and the group of planets and other celestial bodies that are held by its gravitational attraction and revolve around it.Solar SystemAtmosphereGalaxyUniverse60s
- Q10All of space and the matter space contains.GalaxyUniverseSolar System60s
- Q11The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity.CharacteristicCompositionAtmosphereRelative60s
- Q12A feature that helps identify something.AtmosphereRelativeCompositionCharacteristics60s
- Q13The general makeup of something.CompositionRelativeCharacteristicCharacteristics60s
- Q14In comparison to something else.RelativeCharacteristicCompositionAtmosphere60s
- Q15A large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system.GalaxyPlanetSolar SystemUniverse60s