The Seasons
The seasons occur because one half of the Earth receives more ______ than the other.
Sun Light
The Giant Impact Hypothesis is the belief the moon was formed when an astronimical body colided with __________ and the debris sgathered together to form the moon
Earth
Our solar system has how many planets?
Eight
This planet is the most explored aside from Earth, and has a similar rotation period to Earth
Mars
These rocky bodies orbit the sun, vary in size and shape, and are the largest space objects in this category title
Asteroids
Summer
The moon helps pretect the Earth from ____
Meteor and or other space debris
This ring of rocky objects lies between Mars and Jupiter
The Asteroid Belt
This is the largest planet in our solar system
Jupiter.
Comets are made up mostly of dust rock and ________
Ice
The Earth's orbit takes 365.26. Because our orbit is not a whole number, eventually our seasons would begin to shift. To fix this, every four years a _____ occurs.
Leap Year
These moon phases in order are New Moon, Waxing ______, First Quarter, Waxing _______ Full Moon. (Must be in the correct order)
Crecent, Gibbous
_________ are round objects that orbit the sun but are too small to be considered a planet and too large to fall into a smaller category.
Dwarf Planets
This is the only planet to rotate parallel (sideways) to its orbit.
Uranus
Gas and dust tails on comets are most visible when comets are closest to the sun and are caused by ___________
Solar Winds
These two events mark the start of the seasons
Solstices and Equinoxes
The Latin word we often use for the moon is?
Luna
Outside the orbits of the planets, but still orbiting the sun lies the _______ which consists of icy rocks and is a major source of comets
Kuiper Belt
One of the two classifications of planets. This word describes the inner planets that are rocky and dense.
Terrestrial Planets
Comets originate from these two locations in our solar system.
The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud
The Earth rotates on a tilt. This tilt causes the seasons to occur. What angle of the Earth's tilt? (answer must be within 3 degrees)
23.5 degrees
This word describes when the moon phases are gaining light, causing the moon to look like it is growing
Waxing
The outermost region of the solar system is the ____ which is a spherical shell of icy objects
Oort Cloud
One of the two classifications of planets. This word describes the outer planets that are gassy and less dense.
Jovian Planets
Meteorids are located in _______
Meteors are seen in _________
and Meteorites are found _________
In Space
In the Sky
On The Ground