Moon
What is a lunar eclispe?
when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth's shadow
Mars is also known be called ____
the red planet
What are comets made out of?
dust, ice, and small rocky particles
How does Jupiter protect our planet?
Jupiters gravitational pull is so strong that most comets and asteroids end up on jupiter instead of earth.
What chemical gives neptune and uranus its color?
Methane
name at least 4 moon phases
What makes mars look red?
Iron rusts
what happens when a comet's dust particles enters our atmosphere?
Meteor Shower
Saturn has ____ moons that prevent thr rings from spreading out too far.
shepherd
Which planet was the great dark spot?
Neptune
One of the things the moons gravity causes on earth
Low and high tide
oceans bulge towards the moon
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How long does it take Mars to revolve and rotate?
1 revolution=687 earth days
1 rotation= 25 hours
what do people call meteors?
Shooting stars
How many moons does Saturn have?
Neptunes biggest moon?
Triton
first man to walk the moon
Neil Armstrong
how many moons does Mars have?
2 Phobos and Deimos
what is a meteor called when it hits earth?
a meteorite
Io, Europa, Ganymede & Callisto are Jupiters biggest moons also called?
Galilean Moons
what are geysers?
holes in the ground that spew things out (water, chemical)
What year, did he walk the moon?
1969
Names of the 2 largest volcanoes in the solar sytems that are on mars?
Olympus and Mons
where is the asteroid belt located?
between mars and jupiter
What two main gases is Jupiter and Saturn made up of?
Hydrogen and Helium
where are uranus north and south poles?
on the sides since uranus is lying down