Solar System
Stars and the Universe
Earth and Sun
Earth and Moon
The Planents
100
A _____ is a small piece of ice, rock or metal that enters Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor.
100
Stars produce their own ____ and ______.
What is light and heat.
100
One _____ is a complete spin on the axis.
What is a rotation.
100
A lunar _______ is the appearance of the shape of the Moon at a particular time.
What is a phase.
100
What planent is closest of the planents to the Sun?
What is Murcury.
200
A _______ is a large rock or piece of metal in space.
What is an asteroid.
200
Ancient cultures saw different _______ in the night sky.
What are constellations.
200
The path one object travels around another object.
What is an orbit.
200
A ______ ________ is a blocking of the sun's light when Earth passes through the Moon's shadow.
What is a solar eclipse.
200
Which planent has a red surface, and is sometimes called the "Red Planent."
What is Mars.
300
A ______ is an object in space that circles around another object.
What is a satellite.
300
A _____ is a huge, very distant collection of stars.
What is a galaxy.
300
What keeps Earth in its orbit around the Sun?
What is gravity and inertia.
300
A ____ ______ occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Mon are in a straight line and Earth's shadow falls across the Moon.
What is a lunar eclipse.
300
The solar system has ___ planents.
What is 8.
400
A ______ is a piece of ice mixed with rocks, dust and gases moving through space.
What is a comet.
400
What is a supernova?
What is an exploding star.
400
The tendency of a moving object to kee moving in a straight line.
What is inertia.
400
The _____ is a regular rise and fall of water level along a shoreline.
What is a tide.
400
What planent is the farthest away from the Sun?
What is Neptune.
500
A ______ is an object that circles around a planent.
What is a moon.
500
An object so dense that nothing can escape from it, not even light, is a _____ ______.
What is a black hole.
500
The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass.
What is gravity.
500
Earth's moon goes through _____ phases during on month.
What is 8.
500
Until recenty _____ was considered the 9th planent in the solar system.
What is Pluto.
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