The Sun
Outermost layer of the sun
Corona
What is the definition of Astronomy?
The study of the Moon, Stars, and other objects.
What are the four seasons
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
What is the phase of the moon when the moon is not visible?
New moon
What is an eclipse?
When the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon.
Part of the sun that produces light
Photosphere
How many days for the Moon to complete its phase changes from New moon to Full moon?
29.5 days
What is the summer solstice?
The longest day of the year (June 21st)
The phases of the moon depend on what?
How much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
When the moon passes between Earth and the sun.
Part of the sun that produces color
Chromosphere
Blackholes
What is the winter solstice?
Shortest day of the year (December 21st)
The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth are called?
Phases
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
The suns core produces energy via
Nuclear fusion
A large object of frozen dust, rock, and gases mostly orbiting the Kuiper belt.
Comet
What is an equinox?
When day and night are equal length
What is the phase of the moon called when the visible side of the moon is getting bigger?
Waxing Gibbous
The moon makes the ocean tides rise and fall every _____ hours
12.5
Violent discharges of energy between two sunspots
Solar flare
What is the beginning process of a star called?
Nebula
Sunlight directly hits Earth at this point making this area the warmest
Equator
What phase of the moon means it is getting smaller?
Waning Gibbous
What is a neap tide?
Tides that are not very high or low