Astronomy
This is the study of outer space.
Astronomy
Name the closest planet to the Sun.
Mercury
The name of the galaxy we live in.
Milky Way
The moon phases where an increasing amount of light is present each night.
waxing
Meteor
The objects in outer space have the positions that they do because of this physical property.
Gravity
The outer planets are also known as ____ giants.
gas
The collection of rocks between the inner and outer planets.
Asteroid Belt
The period of time it takes the moon to orbit the earth.
~28 days
The moon phase that occurs after the new moon.
Bonus -This side is illuminated
Waxing Crescent - Light on the Right
The spinning of an object on its axis.
Rotation
The smallest planet in our solar system.
Mercury
This property is common to all of the inner planets.
terrestrial or rocky
The fraction of the moon's sphere that is always in shadow.
HALF
The Earth has a ________ field around it that protects us from solar radiation.
magnetic
A star with objects orbiting around it.
What is a Solar System?
Name the largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
A year is a measurement of this type of motion.
Revolution around the sun.
The name for the moon phase when it is more than 1/2 illuminated.
gibbous
Moonlight comes from the ______.
sun
The effect the moon's gravity has on Earth?
TIDES
The characteristic(s) that make life possible on earth.
There are several correct answers
Water, an atmosphere, oxygen
A satellite
When the moon's shadow falls on the earth.
A Solar Eclipse
An object made of ice, dust, rocks and frozen gas that sometimes are present in our solar system.
Parts of this object include a nucleus, coma, and a tail.
Comet