Celestial objects and galaxies
This device uses lenses or mirrors to make distant objects in space appear closer.
Telescope
These types of planets are found closer to The Sun
Rocky Planets
This is a small, rocky, irregularly shaped object that orbits the Sun, mostly found in the asteroid belt.
Asteroid
This is the name for the imaginary line that the Earth spins around.
Axis
This type of tide occurs when the difference between high and low tide is at its greatest.
Spring
This term describes an object that shines with its own light, such as a star.
Luminous
This is the name for a natural or artificial object that orbits a planet.
Satellite
This is the name for a meteoroid that survives its fall through Earth's atmosphere and lands on the ground.
Meterorite
This is the path the Earth takes as it travels around the Sun.
Orbit
This eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, blocking sunlight.
Solar
This is the name for a group of stars that appears to form a pattern or picture in the night sky.
Constellation
These planets, found farther from the Sun, are made mostly of gas.
Gaseous Planets
Unlike a true planet, this type of celestial body — like Pluto — has not cleared its orbit of other debris.
Dwarf Planet
This is where moonlight actually comes from, since the Moon does not produce its own light.
The Sun
This eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon.
Lunar
This is the name for a huge collection of billions of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity, such as our own Milky Way.
Galaxy
This structure, made of ice, dust and rock particles, encircles some gas giant planets such as Saturn.
Rings
This icy celestial body develops a glowing tail made of gas and dust as it approaches the Sun.
Comet
This is the main reason different regions of Earth experience different seasons throughout the year.
Earth's Axis tilt
This is the main force responsible for causing tides on Earth.
Gravity from The Moon
This term describes an uncrewed spacecraft sent to explore space and send data back to Earth, such as the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn.
This is the general relationship between a planet's distance from the Sun and its temperature, helping explain why Earth alone in our solar system supports life.
Temperature decreases as you get further away from The Sun
Name a dwarf planet in our solar system other than Pluto
Makemake, Ceres or Haumea
This term describes the point in Earth's orbit when the Southern Hemisphere is tilted most directly toward the Sun.
Summer Solstice
This is the arrangement of the Sun, Earth and Moon that produces a neap tide, when the tidal range is smallest.
Right Angles. (First or third quarter)