Quizlet Space

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  1. Arcturus: an example of a red giant
  2. Black Hole: formed when a star has such a large mass and gravity that not even light can escape from it
  3. Gravity: a force caused by mass
  4. Jupiter: the largest planet,has a red spot
  5. Mars: the red planet, half the size of Earth
  6. Mercury: scorched planet, closest to sun
  7. Orion: a constellation of a hunter in space
  8. Pluto: the smallest, coldest planet
  9. Solar System: all things that orbit the sun
  10. Sputnik: the first man-made satellite in space
  11. Sun: closest star to earth
  12. Supernova: an old star that is dying, very bright, exploding star
  13. The Milky Way: the name of the galaxy that the earth is part of
  14. The Moon: has many craters, because there is no atmosphere to burn up the asteroids before they hit
  15. Venus: the morning star
  16. White Dwarf: an old, cold star
  17. Yellow star: a young star
  18. Yuri Gargarin: first human in space
  19. asteroids: bits of space rock between Mars and Jupiter
  20. constellation: a pattern of stars in the sky
  21. galaxy: a group of about 100 billion stars
  22. meteor: another name for a shooting star
  23. space: no air to breath, weightlessness, cold, no food or water