People
What is the study of our solar system/ space callled
Astronomy
Dark spots on the sun?
Sun Spots
The imaginary line that goes through the north and south pole?
What did astronauts find on the Moon
dust and rocks. No life or water.
What shape is earths orbit
elliptical or oval
What is someone called who studies space?
Astronomer
Finish this sentence
The sun is the_______ ________ to __________
closest, start, Earth
The imaginary line that goes around the Earht
equator
what does waxing mean? What does waning mean
Getting larger
waning getting smaller
What Moon phase comes after a new moon?
Waxing Crescent
What are people who travel into space called?
Astronauts
they are our solar system
Earths_____ gives us day and night
Rotation
What are bowl shape holes on the moon called? what are darker spots on the moon called?
Bowl shape= craters
dark spots= maria
What comes after a waxing crescent?
First quarter
Who were the first astronauts to step on the Moon?
Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong
What are eruptions on the Suns surface called
Solar flares or prominences
Earths _____ and _______ gives us fall and spring
tilt and orbit
How doe we see the moon at night?
Sun light reflects onto the moon
What moon phase comes after a full moon?
Wanning Gibbous
Who was the first astronomer to look at the sun with a telescope?
Galileo
Earths orbit and tilt help causes the sun to give us these?
Seansons
How long does it take Earth to orbit once and how long does it take earth to rotate once
orbit once is 365 1/4 days
rotate once 24 hours
How long does it take the moon to orbit earth and rotate once. This tells us that the moon is special because we....
it takes it 29 1/2 days to orbit and rotate. this tells us that we only see one side of the moon from earth.
How old is the Moon and How old is the Sun?
Moon 4 1/2 billion years old
Sun 5 billion years old