Space Rocks
3 types of meteorites are iron, stoney, and ___.
stoney-iron
Where is the largest canyon in our solar system located?
The largest planet.
Jupiter
The phase of the moon following the 1st quarter moon. Name? ___ What side is lit? ____
Waxing Gibbous; right
The color of a class B star.
Blue
a shooting star is actually a ___.
meteor
When are we not tilted toward or away from the Sun and have equal daylight and nighttime hours.
Equinox
Has the most moons but not the largest moon.
Saturn
The phase of the moon following the 3rd quarter moon. Name? What side is lit?
Waning Crescent; left
The color of stars that are relatively cool.
Red
smaller pieces of rock from old, broken up comets are called ___.
meteoroids
When are we tilted toward the Sun? ___
When are we closest to the Sun? ___
Summer
Winter
Smallest of the gas giants.
neptune
The largest moon in our solar system is named ___ on planet ___.
Ganymede; Jupiter
About 90% of the stars in our galaxy are classified as ___ stars.
main sequence
The coma refers to the ____ surrounding the ____ of a ____.
gas, nucleus, comet
The two rings surrounding our Sun by name are ___ and ___.
Asteroid belt
Kuiper belt
Has no atmosphere.
Mercury
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon is between the Earth and Sun at ____.
apogee
Where does our Sun and Moon fit on this apparent magnitude scale, 1 to 6?
1 2 3 4 5 6
less than 1
Ceres is a(n) ____ and considered a dwarf planet.
asteroid
The planet that has the largest volcano is ____. The name of the volcano is ____.
Mars
Olympus Mons
In order starting with closest to the Sun, the planets are ___.
mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon is between the Earth and Sun at ___.
Perigee
What kind of constellations are the little and big dipper?
circumpolar