Science Vocabulary Review Stinnett

The force that resists motion

• Vacuum

• Friction

• Gravity

• Attraction

The galaxy we live in

• The Nebulae

• Proxima Centauri

• The Milky Way

• Large Magellanic Cloud

One of the three galaxies located closes to ours

• Andromeda

• Proxima centauri

• Milky way

• Small Magellanic Cloud

One of the three basic galactic shapes

• Square

• Triangle

• Rectangle

• Spiral

A large cloud of gas and dust floating in space

• Nebula

• Galaxy

• Ellipse

• Nova

An area containing no air or any other matter is called a vacuum.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A star containing from millions to billions of starts is called a nebula.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Scientists who study outer space are called astronauts.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An elliptical galaxy resembles an egg or a football.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A SPIRAL galaxy looks…..

• Like giant pinwheels spinning in the void of space

• Resembles eggs or footballs when viewed front he side