Vocabulary
A tool that is used to make distant objects appear closer is called a _______.
Telescope
A star's color tells you a star's _____.
temperature
Which planet is considered Earth's "sister planet"?
Venus
There are two things that planets do in space. They ____ and _____.
Orbit and Rotate
the sun, planets, moons, and other objects that orbit the sun is known as the _____ ______.
Solar System
The coldest stars are called ____ stars, and the hottest stars are called ____ stars.
red, blue
Which planets is the LARGEST planet in the Solar System?
Jupiter
The first moon phase is the ____ ____.
New Moon
____ means to turn on an axis.
Rotate
Stars give off ____ and _____.
Light, energy
What causes daylight on Earth?
When the Earth is facing towards the sun.
The galaxy in which the sun and solar system exist is the ____ ____.
Milky Way
A _____ is a large body in space that moves around a star.
planet
True or False: Stars are stationary (they do not move).
True
Which hemisphere do we live in?
Northern
______ are scientist who study the stars.
Astronomers
A group of stars that forms a patter is called a ________.
Constellation
Why do some stars appear to be larger and brighter than others?
The closer the star, the bigger and brighter it looks. The further away, the smaller and dimmer it looks.
Order the planets in order from the sun.
Sun
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
List the moon phases in order.
New moon
waxing crescent
first quarter
waxing gibbous
waning crescent
third quarter
waning gibbous
Full moon