Scientists have proven that the Big Bang actually happened.
The Big Bang occurred around 5,000 years ago.
Everything that existed at the time of the Big Bang was squeezed into an extremely dense speck.
After the Big Bang, particles in space began to join together because of gravity, and swirl around forming stars and planets.
Everything in the universe expanded away from each other after the Big Bang, but now the universe remains the same size and shape.
I have a tail as I approach the sun.
I travel in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
People call me a shooting star, because I leave a streak of light as I burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
I sometimes reach the earth without fully burning.
I have an elliptical orbit.
What are three things the sun gives us?
What do we call huge 'Star Cities' made up of billions of stars?
What is the term for a star that explodes and dies?
Once a star dies, it leaves behind an area called a __________, with gravity so great that not even light can escape it.
What two gases make up stars?
I am the least dense planet (in fact, I could float in water!) and I have rings.
Usually the brightest, non-star object in our sky, it has violent storms.
Known as the red planet because of its brightly colored soil.
Violent hurricanes, this is the last of the outer planets
The largest planet, its Great Red Spot is a persistent storm
Which was the first culture to create the rocket?
What is a satellite?
This satellite serves as a laboratory for astronauts to conduct experiments and gather information.
An unmanned, unpiloted spacecraft carrying instruments intended for use in exploration of outer space or other celestial bodies is a __________.
What does an astronaut's suit have to help keep the astronaut cool?
False- it is a theory, which means it has not been proven.
False- It occurred around 14 billion years ago.
True
True
False- The universe continues to expand.
Comet
Asteroid
Meteor
Meteor(ite)
Comet
Light, heat and gravity
Galaxies
Supernova
Black Hole
Hydrogen and Helium
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
The Chinese
An object that orbits another object.
The International Space Station
Probe
Tubes filled with water
