Space Out
The time it takes a planet to make a complete turn on its axis.
What is a rotation or period of rotation?
The third planet from the sun.
What is the Earth?
Large pits found on the surface of the moon.
What are craters?
When meteoroids enter our atmosphere, they often burns up and give off streaks of light that we call THESE types of showers.
What are meteor showers?
When a planet's atmosphere traps in solar energy, it is known as THIS effect, which is not so shady OR cool.
What is the greenhouse effect?
All planets in our solar system revolve around this celestial body.
What is the sun?
The eighth planet from the sun.
What is Neptune?
The speaker of this quote: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong?
In between Mars and Jupiter, you can find a "belt" of THESE small, jagged space rocks.
What are asteroids?
The moon has many of THESE, which depend on how much light we can see reflecting off of it.
What are phases?
The outer 4 planets are collectively known as THESE.
What are gas giants?
The 6th planet from the sun known for its rings.
What is Saturn?
The moon is in THIS around the Earth.
What is orbit?
Space rocks that are moving randomly through space.
What are meteoroids?
When the earth passes in between the sun and the moon, we see one of THESE.
What is a lunar eclipse?
The time it takes for a planet to travel around the sun.
What is a revolution or period of revolution?
The planet closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
Dark spots on the moon formed from hardened lava.
What are maria?
Objects made of gas, dust, and ice that orbit the sun and are seen to have a fiery tail.
What are comets?
When the moon passes in between the Earth and sun, we see one of THESE.
What is a solar eclipse?
The inner 4 rocky planets are collectively known as THESE.
What are terrestrial planets?
The "Red Planet" that NASA hopes to visit in the very near future!
What is Mars?
What are tides?
If a meteor survives entering the atmosphere and actually makes impact on a planet's surface, the meteor is now known as a THIS.
What is a meteorite?
Pluto has a pretty shady story. He used to be one of the main planets in our solar system, but now he is classified as THIS.
What is a dwarf planet?