Planets
Smallest Planet
What is Mercury?
bright ball of burning gas
star
path an object takes around another object
orbit
There are _______________ moon phases.
What is eight?
an example of a natural satellite
what is Jupiter?
small object which orbits another larger object
satellite
earth spins on an imaginary _____________
What is axis?
The phases of the moon always begin with a _______________________.
everything that exists, including objects and energy, throughout time and space.
What is the universe?
Mars
large natural objects, made from various combinations of rock (containing common minerals and metals) and gases, that orbit, or travel around, stars.
planet
Earth's _________________ causes day and night
what is rotation?
A waxing gibbous means ___________________.
What is the center of our solar system?
the sun
planet farthest from the sun
Neptune
a meteoroid that has survived a fall to earth
meteorite
What is seasons?
What is decreasing light?
made up of the sun and everything that orbits, or travels around, the sun.
what is the solar system?
a planet with no moon
What is Venus or Mars?
also known as shooting stars
meteor shower
What is summer?
What is a full moon?
Our solar system is found in the _________________ galaxy.
What is the Milky Way