The order of the sun, moon, and Earth in terms of size
What is sun, Earth, and moon
The explanation for the ocean tides
What is the gravity of the moon
Orbits the sun inside the orbit of Jupiter and is irregularly shaped
What is an asteroid.
the outer edge of our solar system
What is the Oort cloud?
this kind of eclipse occurs
What is a solar ecclipse
There are two_____ and two ______ each day.
What is low tides and high tides
Has a nucleolus, coma, a tail and is frozen
What is a comet
Located between Mars and Jupiter
What is the asteroid belt
this is the hottest planet
What is Venus
When the moon appears fat with a bulging lighted side visible
What is a gibbous moon
The force of the moon's gravity when the moon is closest to the Earth pulling the water and the Earth toward the moon
What is a high tide.
Another name for a "shooting star"
What is meteor.
The reason we have seasons on Earth
What is the Earth tilts on its axis and its revolution
Pluto is a dwarf planet because
What is it is too small and has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbital path of smaller bodies and debris
The reason we have day and night
What is the Earth rotates on its axis
these tides occur at full and new moons
What is a Spring tide?
when a meteor hits earth
What is a meteorite
Earth's axis
What is ab imaginary line going straight through the planet between the North and South poles.
The main reason for the different temperatures on the planets
What is the distance from the sun and atmosphere of the planet
Can only occur at full moon, and only if the moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow
What is a lunar eclipse
a _____ tide occurs when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other during the first and fourth quarter moon
What is a neap tide
A meteor impact sixty-five million years ago resulted in
What is what scientists believe caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
the northern hemisphere is having this season
What is winter