Vocab 1
The Sun, the planets, and other objects that orbit the Sun
Solar system
A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce its own light
Planet
When all of the near side of the moon gets sunlight
Full moon
The only planet that can support life in our solar system
Earth
Why is the sun look brighter than other stars?
It is closer to the Earth
A huge ball of gases that makes its own light and heat
Star
Our solar system's star
Sun
The part of the moon that cannot be seen from Earth
The dark side
The planet with several large rings
Saturn
Why do the outer planets have more moons than the inner planets?
They have larger mass
A natural force that pulls objects of smaller masses towards objects with larger masses
Gravity
A piece of rock or metal from space that enters Earth's atmosphere
Meteor
A small sliver of the near side of the moon gets sunlight
Crescent
The planet with a large Red Spot storm
Jupiter
Before GPS, what was one way that people used to figure out where they were?
The position of the stars and constellations
When an object spins on its axis
Rotation
The path of an object as it circles around another object in space
Orbit
The letter C looks like this moon phase (the letter its the dark part of the moon)
Waxing gibbous
The planet that has a very thick atmosphere, making it warmer than the planet in front of it
Venus
Why do the stars seem to move across the sky?
Because the Earth moves
The movement of an object around another object
Revolve
A rocky object that orbits the sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid
The period when the near side gets of the moon slowly gets more sunlight (the moon starts to look bigger and bigger)
Waxing
The planet that spins on its side
Uranus
Name 4 constellations
Ursa Major (Big Dipper), Ursa Minor (Little Dipper), Orion, the Zodiac, etc