Out There
Our Star
Planet Facts
Ch. 8 and 9
Feelin' Mooney
100
A star system that contains two stars
What is a binary system
100
the surface of the sun
What is the photosphere?
100
the largest planet
What is Jupiter?
100
the ability to make something move
What is mechanical energy?
100
the moon is naturally this to the Earth.
What is a natural satelite?
200
a variable star that swells and shrinks
What is a pulsating variable star?
200
the Sun's atmosphere
What is the chromosphere?
200
the Morning and Evening Star
What is Venus?
200
a fixed unmoving object or location
What is a reference point?
200
The moon does this with the sun's light
What is reflect?
300
A collapsed star that sucks in all matter around it
What is a black hole?
300
The outermost part of the sun's atmosphere
What is the corona?
300
a planet's orbit around its axis
What is rotation?
300
this is determined by an object's mass and velocity
What is momentum?
300
The first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
400
a chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits the sun
What is a comet?
400
dark spots that appear on the surface of the sun
What are sunspots?
400
Planets that are small and compact; "earthlike"
What is terrestrial?
400
This occurs whenever an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction
What is acceleration?
400
Equal amount of night and day
What is Equinox?
500
A star that suddenly explodes and collapses.
What is a supernova?
500
Energy emitted from the sun in beautiful colors
What is aurora?
500
the length of the Earth's revolution
What is 365 1/4 days?
500
A circuit that has multiple paths for electricity to travel
What is a parallel circuit?
500
The reason the Earth sees the same side of the moon is always seen
What is equal rotation and revolution?
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