The Night Sky
Name 3 things that can be seen in the night sky:
moon, stars, clouds, planets, Northern Lights, shooting stars, etc.
Name for natural satellites orbiting planets.
What are moons?
Why stars appear to change positions.
What is Earth's motion?
The official name for star patterns in the sky.
What are constellations?
This is the term used when a meteor burns up in the atmosphere.
What is a meteoroid?
Earth's only natural satellite.
What is the moon?
A point of light in the night sky.
What is a star?
The direction stars seem to move.
What is east to west?
Constellations and star patterns stay the same from...
What is year to year?
This is a rare site in the night sky.
What is a Comet?
The scientific name for a body that orbits a planet.
What is a satellite?
An object that orbits the sun.
What is a planet?
Shape stars seem to make in the night sky.
What is circular?
Time when constellations change.
What is season to season?
The reason that a comet has a tail.
What is dust and ice heating as it nears the sun?
The scientific name for a shooting star.
What is a meteor?
Number of planets in our solar system.
What is 8?
Star that appears in the "middle" of the other stars.
What is the North Star or Polaris?
Changes in constellations that can be seen is due to this.
What is Earth's orbit?
Why a comet's tail glows.
What happens as a comet heats up as it gets close to the sun?
A meteor's trail of light in the sky is due to?
What happens when a a piece of rock, ice, or dust is burned up in Earth's Atmosphere?
Official name for Pluto and other dwarf planets in our Solar system.
What is plutoid?
Pictures taken a few seconds apart over a set amount of time.
What is time lapse photography?
The term for stories about constellations.
What is mythology?
Name of the comet that appears every 75 years.
What is Hailey's Comet?