Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Bonus
Vocabulary 3
Vocabulary 4
100

What is the main source of light at the center of our solar system?

The Sun
100

A rocky sphere that travels around a planet is...

A moon

100

Is Earth colder or hotter than Mars?

Hotter

100

What is a model in the context of space science?

An object or diagram that simplifies something to help us understand it

100

During which moon phase does the Moon appear as a complete circle from Earth?

Full Moon

200

Which moon phase looks like exactly half a circle from Earth?

Quarter Moon

200

What does it mean to illuminate something?

 To shine light on an object and make it visible

200
What rock is formed by water?
Sedimentary Rock
200

What is the definition of an exomoon?

A moon outside our solar system

200

True or False:

A "Circular Moon" is the term used when the moon looks like a full circle

False: Full Moon 
300

What is a lunar eclipse?

When the Moon is completely dark

300

What is included in our solar system?

The sun, planets that orbit it, and other objects that orbit it

300

What is the closest planet to the sun?

Mercury

300

What is the terminator in relation to the Moon?

The border between light and dark on the Moon

300

How is a year defined in space science?

The amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star

400

A moon phase that looks like less than a half circle from Earth... 

Crescent Moon 

400

 In science, what do we call something we observe to be similar over and over again?

A pattern

400

What is Ms. Horne's youngest sibling's age?

6

400

What does "scale" refer to in space science?

The relative size of things

400

Which moon phase looks like more than a half circle but less than a full circle from Earth?

Gibbous Moon

500

During which moon phase is the Moon not visible from Earth?

New moon

500

Which term describes a planet outside our solar system?

Exoplanet

500

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To do math. 

500

 What is an orbit in space science?

The nearly circular path a smaller object travels around a larger object

500

What term describes the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as seen from Earth?

Moon Phase

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