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A hot, glowing sphere of gas that produces energy by fusion

What is a star?

The large cloud of dust and gas from which a star is formed

What is a Nebula?

The two factors that determine how bright a star appears

What are distance and actual brightness?

The temperature at which fusion takes place inside a nebula to form a star

What is 10,000,000º Celcius

The chemical reaction that takes place inside a star to cause the release of energy

Hydrogen fusion

A large group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity

What is a galaxy?

The name of the galaxy that we live in

What is the Milky Way Galaxy?

The most common galaxy; It is football shaped

What is an Elliptical Galaxy?

A galaxy that curves outward from a central hub which resembles a pinwheel

What is a Spiral Galaxy?

Term used to describe galaxies that don’t have consistent shapes or sizes

What is an Irregular Galaxy?

What is the Core?

What are Sunspots?

What is the Radiation Zone?

What is the Convection Zone?

What is the Photosphere?

One and a half times larger than all other planets combined

What is Jupiter?

The collective name for Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

What are the Terrestrial Planets?

Currently the farthest planet from the sun

What is Pluto?

The four gaseous giant planets

What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

The most spectacular storm on Jupiter

What is the Great Red Spot?

A meteor once it hits the Earth’s surface

What is a meteorite?

A Meteoroid once it enters the Earth’s atmosphere

What is a meteor?

A large chunk of rock traveling through space

What is an Asteroid?

A large chunk of ice, dust, frozen gases and rock fragments traveling through space pulled by orbit of the Sun’s gravity

What is a Comet?

The Asteroid Belt is between these two planets

What are Mars and Jupiter?