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Vocab
100
What moon phase is this?
What is Full Moon?
100
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
Milky Way
100
Where is the Astroid belt located?
The Astroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter
100
The Sun is a _______.
Star
100
A mixture of ice, dust, and rock that moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun
comet
100
What is.....The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet?
Atmosphere
200
The spinning of the Earth around the Sun
Revolution
200
What season has the shortest day?
Winter
200
This planet spins on its side
What is Uranus.
200
How long does a rotation of the earth around it's axis take?
about 24 hours or 1 day
200
a meteroid that enters earth's atmosphere
Meteor
200
What is....Energy that comes from a source in the form of waves or rays you cannot see?
Radiation
300
What year did the first man walk on the moon?
1969
300
Earth's only natural satellite
The moon
300
The largest planet in our solar system
Jupiter
300
When the moon is between the sun and the Earth and blocks the light
Solar Eclipse
300
The color of a star indicates its _________
temperature
300
What tide is occurring on the side of the earth where the moon is facing the earth
High tide
400
What phase of the moon is shown here? 
New Moon
400
These are the inner planets (made of rock)
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
400
Planet that is closest to the sun
Mercury
400
When the Earth is between the sun and the moon and casts a shadow on the moon
Lunar eclipse
400
A meteor that strikes the Earth's surface
Meteorite
400
An invisible area in outer space with gravity so strong that light cannot get out of it
black hole
500
What causes us to have four seasons?
The axis tilt of the Earth
500
One revolution around the sun
365 days, or 1 year
500
Name the outer planets made of gas
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
500
The name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun
Orbit
500
The sun looks bigger than other stars because_______________
It is closer than any other star
500
This tide occurs on the Earth at a right angle to the moon
Low tide