water
Sun positioned between two equinoxes?
solstice
Imaginary line upon which a planet rotates?
Axis
In a geocentric model of the solar system, the SUN is at the center.
False. Earth.
Why is Mercury the planet most affected by the sun's thermal energy and gravity?
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun
Who are Arab nomads who wander from place to place with their herds and belongings?
Bedouins
Repetitive process that causes the moon's appearance to wax and wane?
Lunar cycle
zone of the celestial sphere occupied by a star picture
Constellation
DWARF PLANETS may share the orbit of other celestial bodies.
TRUE
OASIS
What'd the Sumerians use to stamp an article or document?
Seal
Earth's position in the solar system?
Habitable zone
Occurs when the sun is directly above the equator
Terrestrial planets are also called the OUTER planets.
FALSE. INNER.
An area of low, wet, soft land is a(n) _______?
Marsh
What is an oval shaped orbit?
Ellipse
What was the wedge shaped writing of the Sumerians?
cuneiform
Ur
The first American in space was JOHN GLENN
FALSE. ALAN SHEPARD JR.
Alan Shepherd Jr.
satellite
Southern part of Sumer?
Chaldea
City that is a part of modern day Israel?
Canaan
The flight and space agency for the United States is SPACEX
earth