Seasons
The major 2 causes of the seasons
What are the Earth's tilt and revolution around the Sun?
Chunks of ice and dust traveling through space
What are comets?
The phase of the moon where there is no moon seen.
What is a new moon?
The planet closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
Another word for the "spin" of an object.
What is rotation?
The two sections that the Earth is divided into
A large, rock-shaped object in space that orbits the Sun.
What is an Asteroid?
The phase of the moon where the left half of the moon is seen?
What is the third/last quarter?
The largest planet.
What is Jupiter?
The force that pulls all objects with mass toward one another.
What is gravity?
The day in September when there is 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.
Autumnal Equinox
The outer layer of a comets head.
What is a coma?
The phase of the moon where a small sliver of the right half of the moon is seen.
What is a waxing crescent?
The planet with rings around it.
What is Saturn?
The terrestrial planets.
What are the inner planets?
The day in June with the largest amount of daylight hours.
What is the summer Solstice?
When the Earth's shadow prevents the Moon from being seen/illuminated by the Sun.
What is a lunar eclipse?
The planet that is "big red"
What is Mars?
The "object" between the inner and outer planets.
What is the asteroid belt?
The days begin to get longer after this annual event.
What is the winter Solstice?
A space rock that has landed on Earth's surface.
What is a meteorite?
When the Moon blocks the view of the Sun entirely.
What is a total solar eclipse?
The planet that is called Earth's Twin.
What is Venus?
The planet with the most gravitational pull.
What is Jupiter?