Planets
Vocab
Earth-Sun-Moon
Craters
Star Cycle
100
What is the first planet in our solar system?
Mercury
100
What is the path by which an object revolves around another object due to gravity?
Orbit
100
Where is the Earth-Sun-Moon during a solar eclipse?
Sun-Moon-Earth
100
What is the edge of a crater called?
Rim
100
Where is a star born?
Nebula
200
What is the 2nd planet from the solar system?
Venus
200
What is the movement of one object around another object?
Revolution
200
Where is the Earth-Sun-Moon during a lunar eclipse?
Sun-Earth-Moon
200
When a meteor smashes into a planet, moon or another object it is called an
Impact crater
200
What is a large bright star with a cool surface?
Red Giant
300
What planet is NASA currently studying?
Mars
300
What is the circular movement of an object around its axis?
Rotation
300
Where is the Earth-Sun-Moon during a spring tide?
Sun-Moon-Earth-Moon
300
What is a large chunk of rock and metal that ranges in size?
Asteroid
300
What is a very cool, faint small star?
Red Dwarf
400
What planet is the furthest from the sun in our solar system?
Neptune
400
What is a hot ball of glowing gasses and are made up mainly of hydrogen or helium?
Star
400
Where is the Earth-Sun-Moon during a neap tide?
Moon Sun-Earth Moon
400
What is a mixture of ice, rock, and dust?
Comet
400
What is an explosive death of a star?
Supernova
500
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
500
What is a force that pulls objects towards each other?
Gravity
500
Outline the phases of the moon
New Moon- Waxing crescent-first quarter-waxing gibbous-full moon-waning gibbous-last quarter-waning crescent-new moon
500
What is a piece of stone, metal, or ice debris from a comet or an asteroid that travels in space?
Meteoroid
500
What is formed from a death of a massive stars?
Black hole
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