Tides/Galaxies
Which celestial object has the greatest effect on tides?
What is the moon?
1 year on a planet is measured by this ....
What is a revolution?
Look at the image on the board. This moon phase is a ______________.
What is waning crescent?
The moon stays in orbit around the earth because of _____.
What is gravity?
The earth _______ around the sun.
What is revolves?
The galaxy pictured on the board.
What is a spiral galaxy?
These planets are terrestrial and smaller than others.
What are inner planets?
Look at the image on the board. What position on the earth would experience longer amounts of daylight?
What is the northern hemisphere?
The atmosphere of a planet allows heat from the sunlight to enter, but it does not allow....
What is the escape of heat?
The earth ______ on it's axis.
What is rotates?
A cluster of billions of stars.
What is a galaxy?
Jovian planets are large and take longer to revolve. These planets are called the...
What are outer planets?
First day of spring and autumn are known as ______.
What are equinox?
Used to measure the distance in space (think of buzz).
What is light year?
The moon _____________ around the earth.
What is revolves?
There is a full moon on October 30th. The next full moon can be seen on this date...
What is November 30th?
Second largest planet?
What is Saturn?
The longest/shortest days of the year are known as _______.
What is solstice?
A star composed of hydrogen & helium located in the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
If a planet has shorter days, then it must have a ____________ rotation.
What is faster?
This moon phase appears two week after a waning crescent.
What is a waxing gibbous?
Planet formed from the light gases of the outer solar nebula?
What is uranus?
If other planets besides earth are tilted on their axis, they must also experience _____________.
What are seasons?
The distance between the moon and the earth along with the amount of light reflected by the moon affect the timing of a __________________.
What is solar/lunar eclipse?
Place that new stars are developed.
What is a nebula?