final test

Astronimy is the study of the...

• earth

• ocean

• universe

telescope is an instrument used to observe objects that are...

• far away

• close up

• small

An asteroid is a chunk of rock and metal that orbits the

• Sun

• planet

• earth

• moon

A comet is a frozen chunk of ice, dust and rock that orbits the sun.

• true

• false

A _____ is a glowing ball of burning gases.

• star

• planet

• meteor

• comet

_____ is a huge collection of stars, gases and dust clouds.

• galaxy

• star

• planet

• meteorite

_____ is a group of stars that forms a pattern.

• earth

• galaxy

• constellation

There are 100 named constellations.

• true

• false,

  there are 88

_____ is a rock fragment from an asteroid or a comet

• meteoroid

• meteor

• meteorite

We live inside a galaxy called THE MILKY WAY

• True

• False,

  we live in Canis Major