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1. FJ
Stars and Solar
arning Styles Grab Bag Planets
Galaxies System
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2. What is your learning style?

3. Visual

4. The sun appears to be the
brightest star in the sky
because it is the _________
to the earth.

5. Closest

6. Solar fusion appears in the
___________ of the sun.

7. Core

8. From the sun’s yellow color,
you can infer that it is of
average __________

9. Temperature

10. The Hertzsprung-Russel
diagram shows the sun is this

11. G5 star

12. This is the galaxy that
contains earth

13. Milky Way

14. These are the colors of the
hottest and coldest stars

15. Hottest: bluish-white
Coldest: red

16. A stars brightness is related
to its distance and its
________

17. Temperature

18. The three types of galaxies
include what?

19. Spiral,
Elliptical, and
Irregular

20. The amount of light received
on earth from a star

21. Apparent Brightness

22. Earth-like planets are known
as what?

23. Terrestrial Planets

24. Large chuck of ice, dust,
gasses, and rock that orbit
the sun

25. Comet

26. A body of matter that travels
around the sun

27. Planet

28. The larger planets in the
solar system are composed
primarily of what?

29. Gasses

30. Name the nine planets in
order from the sun starting
with the closest to the sun

31. Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

32. Distances in space are
measured in what?

33. Light Years

34. Solar energy is produced in
what process?

35. Fusion

36. This is known as the birth
place of a comet

37. Oort Cloud

38. He was the first scientist to
hypothesize that planets orbit
the sun

39. Copernicus

40. To what do some scientist
accredit global warming?

41. Greenhouse Effect

42. This planet is known as
Earth’s “twin” or “sister”
planet

43. Venus

44. The “Red Planet”

45. Mars

46. This is the second largest
and lightest planet in the
solar system

47. Saturn

48. What is Jupiter’s “Great Red
Spot?”

49. A Storm

50. What is the name of Pluto’s
moon?

51. Charon

52. What is the term used to
Astronomical Unit
describe the distance from
Distances
the sun toAU)
the earth?
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(93,000,000 miles)