The Moon
The side of the Moon facing Earth is fully lit.
Full Moon
Has rings
Saturn
Earth's rotation occurs on its axis every
24 hours
Largest chunks of rock that circle the Sun.
a huge ball of hot gas held together by gravity
Star
The side of the Moon facing Earth is fully dark.
New Moon
Closest planet to the Sun
Mercury
The Earth orbits around the sun every ...
365 days
Have tails
Pattern of stars in the sky
constellations
Word for oval-to-round shape
Gibbous
The Great Red Spot is on this planet.
Jupiter
Earth's rotation causes what?
Night and Day
Shooting Star
Meteors
Ursa Major
The Large Bear or the Big Dipper
The hottest planet in the Solar System
Venus
What causes the rise and fall of tides?
Gravity
an icy middle made up of water and gases that are frozen.
Comet
A large star dies in a supernova and forms this...
Blackhole
When the moon appears smaller the crescent is...
Waning
Lays on its side, rotates in the opposite direction, diamond rain
Uranus
If you threw a ball in the air while on the Moon, it would go 6 times higher than on earth. How is this possible?
Less gravity on the Moon
Does not burn up upon entry into the Earth's atmosphere
Meterorite
Con -- Stella in Latin
Together Star