Space Objects
A small rocky object orbiting the sun; most are found between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an asteroid?
Scientists who study space.
Answer: Who are astronomers?
The different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth.
Answer: What are the phases of the moon?
In space, when there is so little gravity you feel weightless.
Answer: What is microgravity?
The regular rise and fall of ocean waters.
Answer: What are tides?
A frozen chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun.
What is a comet?
Stars located around the North and South Poles in the sky.
Answer: What are circumpolar stars?
Occurs when the moon is between Earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s light.
Answer: What is a solar eclipse?
The movement of one object around another.
Answer: What is a revolution?
Higher than normal tides that occur when the moon and sun line up.
Answer: What are spring tides?
A fragment of space rock that enters Earth’s atmosphere and produces a streak of light.
Answer: What is a meteoroid?
A group of stars that form pictures in the sky.
Answer: What is a constellation?
Occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and moon, blocking sunlight from reaching the moon.
Answer: What is a lunar eclipse?
The sun, planets, moons, and other objects orbiting the sun.
Answer: What is the solar system?
Lower than normal tides that occur when the sun and moon are out of step.
Answer: What are neap tides?
A meteoroid that survives the atmosphere and lands on Earth.
Answer: What is a meteorite?
The imaginary line a planet rotates around.
Answer: What is an axis?
Vast plains on the moon covered with dark-colored dust.
Answer: What are maria?
A streak of light caused by a meteoroid entering Earth’s atmosphere.
Answer: What is a meteor?
The new moon phase or full moon phase affects these.
Answer: What are tides?
An automated spacecraft that is sent into space and does not orbit a planet.
Answer: What is a space probe?
The path of an object in space around another object.
Answer: What is an orbit?
A large, bowl-shaped hole caused by an impact on a moon or planet.
Answer: What is a crater?
The air or gases surrounding a planet.
Answer: What is an atmosphere?
The pull of the moon and sun causes these regular changes in ocean levels.
Answer: What are tidal patterns?