Moon Phases
When the moon and the sun are on the same side of the earth, this is called?
What is New moon?
The third planet from the sun.
What is earth?
How many stars does an average galaxy have?
Over 100 billion stars
How far is the sun from Earth?
It’s the closet star to Earth
What is located in a belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids
When the moons position is opposite the sun this is called?
What is Full Moon?
Another name for Jovian planets…
What is Gas planet?
How many galaxies are there?
Over 100 billion galaxies
Where does the sun get its energy?
From nuclear fusion
What are very small solid fragments that orbit the sun?
Meteors
Belief that moonlight drives people crazy
What is Lunacy?
These planets have many moons and rings…
What are Jovian planets
A collection of billions are stars and various amounts of gas and dust are held together by…
Gravity
Sunspots are temporary storms on the…
Visible surface of the sun
What is composed mostly of solids that change to gases when heated?
Comets
It takes the moon this many days to orbit the earth.
What is 27 days?
What planets have a relatively small diameter and high density?
Terrestrial planets
What are the three different types of galaxy shapes?
Elliptical, irregular, spiral
Sunspot storms come and go in cycles of about how many years?
11 years
What ranges from tiny pebbles to 600 miles in diameter
Asteroids
This is how long a complete moon cycle is.
What is 29 1/2 days?
What planets are close to the sun and are mostly solid?
Terrestrial planets
What galaxy is our galactic neighbor?
The andromeda galaxy
The sideways motion of dark spots on the sun rotate on its axis every ____ days
27
When what gets near to the sun their ice turns to gases
Comets