Vocabulary
A moon of Mars
Phobos or Deimos
A bright streak that occurs when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
Meteor
How many planets are in our Solar System?
8
What is the third planet from the Sun?
Earth
Which comet passes Earth every 75 years which will take place in 2061?
Halley's Comet
A small orbiting body of rock, ice, and cosmic dust that has ion and dust trails.
Comet
A small object that orbits the Sun, whose composition is similar to that of the inner planets.
Asteroid
Where is pluto located?
Kuiper Belt
How many moons does Pluto have?
3
What happens when the shadow of one celestial body falls on another?
An eclipse
The shape of the moon's orbit around the Earth.
Ellipse
A small, rocky body that travels through space.
Meteoroid
The gravitational interaction of Earth, the moon, and the Sun causes what?
Tides
One characteristics of Io and Europa respectively are
Volcanoes and an ice crust
Which of the following best describes Jupiter's ring?
Thin with microscopic particles.
A meteoroid that survives Earth's atmosphere.
Meteorite
The flat region beyond Neptune's orbit that contains many short-period comets.
Kuiper Belt
On what moon of Jupiter did an engineer discover volcanoes by studying images from the Voyager spacecraft?
Io
What planet has rings that are divided into hundreds of small ringlets, each containing billions of pieces of rock and ice?
Saturn
The five basic phases of the moon. (Waxing or Waning)
New, Crescent, Quarter, Gibbous, Full
A feature of the lunar surface.
Crater
A layer of the moon.
Crust
A spherical region that surround the solar system and contains billions of comets.
Oort Cloud
Common characteristics of Ganymede and Callisto.
A magnetic field, craters, and similar size.
What are the second and third stages of the moon's formation?
Differentiation and meteorite bombardment of the crust.