Topic 7 Space FC

A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit.

• comet
• moon
• planet
• asteroid

The range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves.

• Wavelength

• spectrum

• complement

• visible light

The brilliant explosion of a dying supergiant star.

• Black Hole
• Neutron Star
• Supernova
• Red Giant

The system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it.

• Galactic system
• Stellar system
• Planetary system
• Solar system

A unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometers.

• Astronomical Unit (AU)
• Light Year
• Kilometer
• Parsec

A large cloud of gas and dust in space.

• Asteroid Belt
• Star Cluster
• Galaxy
• Nebula

The blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into space.

• black hole
• neutron star
• red giant
• white dwarf

A huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity.

• Planetary System
• Star
• Galaxy
• Nebula

A contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star.

• Nebula
• Black Hole
• Galaxy
• Star Cluster

All of space and everything in it.

• The solar system
• The universe
• A planet
• The galaxy