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Moon
Eclipses
100
Which of the following is NOT a gas giant? Neptune, Saturn, Pluto, Uranus
What is Pluto
100
The matter at the center of the solar nebula became
What is the sun?
100
List 3 objects that we can see due to reflected sunlight
What is the moon, planets, asteroids, comets?
100
The moon is a natural
What is satellite?
100
This happens during a total solar eclipse.
What is the moon completely covers the sun?
200
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
200
Describe a nebula
What is a large cloud of gas and dust in space?
200
A meteorite is
What is a body that reaches the Earth's surface?
200
This is the current theory of the formation of the moon.
What is a Mars sized object collided with Earth early in its formation?
200
To see a solar eclipse the moon must be in this phase.
What is new moon?
300
Craters found on planets like Mercury are most likely the result of this.
What is asteroid impacts
300
Scientists think this caused the solar system to form.
What is the collapse of the solar nebula
300
This where the asteroid belt is located
What is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
300
Evidence that supports the current theory of the moon's origin.
What is lunar rocks are similar to Earth's mantle?
300
Explain the positions of the Earth, moon, and Sun during a lunar eclipse.
What is Earth must be lined up between the sun and the moon?
400
The average distance between Earth and the Sun.
What is an astronomical unit (AU)?
400
Pieces of dust and debris from asteroids and comets are called
What is meteoroids?
400
This causes the spherical shape of the planets.
What is gravity?
400
This causes the phases of the moon.
What is the relative positions of the Earth and the sun?
400
The phase of the moon during a lunar eclipse.
What is a full moon?
500
The diameter of Saturn is almost ten times that of Earth, yet its density is much less because ______.
What is it is a gaseous planet?
500
A light year is
What is the distance light travels in a year?
500
This is the reason a solar and lunar eclipse doesn't happen every month.
What is the tilt of the moon?
500
The dark, flat areas of the moon are called
What is maria?
500
When the moon is too far away from Earth to completely cover the sun, this type of eclipse occurs.
What is an annular eclipse?
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