Asteroids & Comets
Eclipses
Stars & Constellations
Phases of the Moon
Review
100
Rocks orbiting the sun that were not able to form into planets
Asteroid
100
What does lunar mean?
Moon
100
What star is the closest star to Earth?
The Sun
100
When the moon's disk if dark?
New Moon
100
Name our galaxy
Milky Way
200
Smaller asteroids
Meteoroids
200
What does solar mean?
Sun
200
What star was used by many people as a guide in the night sky?
Polaris/The North Star
200
When we can see only a sliver of the moon's disk?
Crescent
200
Why is it called the Solar System?
All of the planets revolve around the sun.
300
A meteor that hits land and creates a crater on Earth
Meteorite
300
What is the difference between a partial and a total eclipse?
During a partial eclipse only part of the sun or moon's 'light' is being blocked.
300
What constellation is the star that is used as a guide at night, a part of?
Little Dipper/Ursa Minor
300
When we can see half of the moon's disk it is called?
First or last/3rd quarter
300
What is the difference between a revolution and a rotation?
Revolution = 365 1/4 days (orbit around the sun) Rotation = 1 days (once around our axis)
400
A heated up meteoroid that burns and glows. Also known as a shooting star.
Meteor
400
Draw the order of the Moon, Sun and Earth during a lunar eclipse. Label each of the objects. What moon phase is occurring?
Sun, Earth, Moon Full Moon
400
What is a constellation to us and to astronomers?
Pattern of bright highly visible stars Specific regions of the sky
400
What do waning and waxing mean?
waxing=growing waning=shrinking
400
What causes the Earth to have different seasons?
The tilt of our axis causes areas to get more direct sunlight at certain times of the year.
500
A huge dirty snowball of ice covered in dust and rock.
Comet
500
Draw the order of the Moon, Sun and Earth during a solar eclipse. Label each of the objects. What moon phase is occurring?
Sun, Moon, Earth New Moon
500
How many constellations are there?
88
500
Name the 8 moon phases in order starting with a New Moon.
New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waning Gibbous Last/3rd Quarter Waning Cresent
500
Name the 8 planets in order starting with the closest to the sun.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
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