Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, Stars
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- Q1chunks of rock that orbit the sunAsteroids30sEditDelete
- Q2An orbiting ball of dust and ice with a long ice tailComets30sEditDelete
- Q3A piece of dust or rock that burns as it enters Earth's atmosphereMeteor30sEditDelete
- Q4A piece of rock that hits the Earth's surfaceMeteorite30sEditDelete
- Q5Area of gas and dust where stars are formedNebula30sEditDelete
- Q6When a star expands and burns off the outer surfacePlanetary nebula30sEditDelete
- Q7The core of material left after a planetary nebula occursWhite dwarf30sEditDelete
- Q8What a large star becomes after a supernova occurs...incredibly dense but not enough mass to become a black holeNeutron Star30sEditDelete
- Q9Occurs when a large mass star explodesSupernova30sEditDelete
- Q10The remains of a low to mid-sized star once it cools and extinguishesBlack dwarf30sEditDelete
- Q11what a low to medium mass star is called during the time of nuclear fusion, ex. SunMain Sequence star30sEditDelete
- Q12Color of hottest starsBlue30sEditDelete
- Q13color of the coolest starsRed30sEditDelete
- Q14The brightness of a star observed from earth...determinate of luminosity include distance, mass, age of star, temperatureApparent luminosity30sEditDelete
- Q15Hertz sprung-Russell diagram, a graph that shows the relationship between magnitudes and temperature.HR diagram30sEditDelete
- Q16a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape.black hole30sEditDelete
- Q17A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.crater30sEditDelete
- Q18Cosmological model that explains the sudden development of the universe through expansion from a hot, dense state.Big Bang Theory30sEditDelete