matching 101
dark areas on the moon's surface are called
maria
light colored areas on the moon are
highlands
phase one
crescent waxing
largest planet, has storm called the great red spot
sometimes called the red planet
Jupiter
mars
which outer planet is not like the others
which planet is third from the sun
Pluto
earth
earth's axis is
earths curved path around the sun is
tilted
orbit
the ____ includes the sun, planets, asteroids, and comets
both earth and the moon ___ around an axis
solar system
rotate
phase 2
phase 3
first quarter
gibbous waxing
has the fastest winds of all the planets
has 7 major ring divisions
Neptune
Saturn
name the outer planets
name the inner planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
mercury, Venus, earth, and mars
____ are the changing views of the moon as seen from earth
our solar system is thought to have formed a large _____, a rotating cloud of gas, ice, and dust
moon phases
nebula
when the sun earth and moon are lined up and the full moon moves into earth's shadow a _____ occurs
the ____ separates the inner and outer planets
lunar eclipse
asteroid belt
phase 4
phase 5
full
gibbous waning
furthest from the sun, believed to be part ice and rock
closest to the sun, believed to be covered with craters
Pluto
mercury
why can Jupiter be considered a miniature solar system
do south America and north America experience the same season at the same time? EXPLAIN
it has 63 moons
no because of the tilt of the earth we experience different weather in different places at the same time
during each _____, the sun is directly over either the Tropic of cancer or tropic of Capricorn
____ are used to measure distances in our solar system
solstice
astronomical units
earth's orbit around the sun is ___
during an ______, earths tilt is not toward or away from the sun
elliptical
equinox
phase 6
phase 7
third quarter
crescent waning
looks blue green because of methane in its atmosphere
sometimes called earths twin because of its size and mass
Uranus
Venus
how does earths tilt affect its seasons
how are asteroids and comets alike and different
tilted toward the sun warmer, tilted away from the sun cooler
they are both made of rocky substances. asteroids come from the asteroid belt, but comets come from the Kuper belt
meteorites striking the surface of the moon create
almost all ______ in our solar system are located beyond Neptune
craters
comets
earth completes one _____ each year
a ____ occurs when earth moves into the moons shadow
revolution
solar eclipse
the earth __ on its__ causing us to experience__
the earth__ around the__ causing us to experience__
rotates, axis, day and night
revolves, sun, seasons
has water that can exist in three different stages
which planets satellites are called Galilean satellites? WHY?
Earth
Jupiter's because Galilean discovered them
describe the two motions of the moon
describe the surface of the moon
revolution is when it revolves around the earth in 27.3 days and rotation is when it spins on its axis in 27.3 days
it has dark lands called the maria and light spots called highlands