Space Objects
The Solar System
Earth Temperatures
Moon Phases
Constellations and Galaxies
100

This object has irregular orbits and sometimes they have tails.

Comet

100

What holds the Solar System together?

Gravity

100

Temperatures are usually warmer near this part of Earth.

The equator

100

Draw this: Waxing crescent moon

Crescent shape lit up on the right side of the moon.

100

The name of our galaxy.

The Milky Way

200

These space rocks enter the atmosphere.

Meteors

200

This is located between Mars and Jupiter

Asteroid belt

200

When it is fall in the Northern Hemisphere, what is the season in the Southern Hemishpere?

Spring

200

What are the positions of the Sun, Earth and Moon for a total Solar Eclipse?

Sun:Moon:Earth

200

The type of galaxy that the Milky Way is:

Barred Spiral

300

These smaller space objects orbit larger space objects.

Moons

300

The group name for the first four planets.

Inner-rocky planets

300

What causes our seasons? 

Tilt of Earth's axis and revolution (or orbit) around the sun.

300

What the area of Earth is called when you experience a total Solar Eclipse?

Path (or line) of Totality

300

Why do constellations appear to change through the year?

The Earth is revolving around the Sun. (Orbit)

400

These objects have many shapes and sizes, they also orbit the sun.

Asteroids

400

The group name of the four outer planets.

Gas Giants

400

What is the name of the line that separates night and day on Earth?

Terminator

400

Why does the moon appear to change shape each day?

The moon is in orbit, the position of the moon changes each day.

400

What space object makes it so we sometimes cannot see constellations?

The sun.

500

The nickname for a comet.

Dirty Snowball

500

The name of the vessel that orbited and landed on the asteroid Bennu

Osiris-Rex

500

Which day of the year do people in the Northern Hemisphere experience the shortest day?

December 21st - Winter Solstice

500

What is the order of phases from a new moon to a full moon?

New Moon, Waxing Cerescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon

500

The name of the scientist that began to categorize the different types of galaxies.

Edwin Hubble

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