All right i'm in 8th grade and i need to know the basics of astronomy do u know the key terms as well?

Answer 1

Key terms? There are hundreds. Check out wikipedia for:

Planet
Satellite
Comet
Kuiper Belt
Solar System
Star (and the different types, like red giant, white dwarf, yellow dwarf, neutron star)
Galaxy
Stellar main sequence (also called Hertzsprung-Russel diagram)
Cosmic string
Galaxy cluster
Andromeda
Black hole
Stellar spectrum

There are a lot of books (yes, I know, real books you have to hold to read, and you have to turn the pages yourself, how antique is that) that have good information and some great photos.
Astronomy is a huge science, its not something simple you can get from an answer on YA.
Ya gotta read, friend.

Astronomy magazine is a good place to start, or any book that catches your eye in the astronomy section of a good book store.

Answer 2

How can you be in the 8th grade and NOT know basic Astronomy.

Answer 3

im in 4th grade and all i know is that beetle juice is a giant star and on march 18,if the sky is clear there will be shooting stars but i live in the philippines so maybe the stars are seen only from here.pluto is not considered as a planet anymore,they found a new planet.but my information is probably useless because im in a lower level

Answer 4

it is not that stressful in case you have a solid memory, as you ought to memorize the names of stars, formation of simple constellations and the place to locate them and the thank you to be sure action picture star charts. you apart from would ought to be good in math to calculate distances of stars and convert from gentle-years into different measurements.

Answer 5

Crikey, Mulie knows more than this guy and she is 4 grades lower and lives in the phillippines.

Good one.