Scientific Methods
___________ is the amount of space an object takes up.
Volume
When it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it's ______ in the Southern Hemisphere.
winter
waxing crescent
The sun's _____ is the hottest and most dense layer.
core
The planet ________ has no atmosphere.
Mercury
________ is the amount of matter in an object.
Mass
When direct sunlight reaches the furthest points away from the equator, it is known as a __________.
solstice
When the moon is going from Full to New, it is in a ________ gibbous phase.
waning
The sun creates energy by carrying out the process of _______ _________.
nuclear fusion
The planet ________ is known as earth's sister/twin planet.
Venus
A _______ _________ is used to measure volume of irregular shaped objects.
graduated cylinder
axis 23.5
During a _______ eclipse, the earth casts a shadow on the moon.
lunar
The layer of the sun we see from earth is the _________.
photosphere
The planet _______ is a gas giant mostly known for its rings.
Saturn
_______ of regular objects is measured in cubic meters.
Volume
During a(n) ________, day and night are approximately equal in length everywhere on earth.
equinox
During a _______ eclipse, the moon casts a shadow on earth.
solar
Eruptions on the sun's surface are called _________.
flares
The planet ________ takes 10 hours to rotate once on its axis, which is the fastest rotation of any planet in our solar system.
The total amount of matter within a given volume is called _______.
density
The ________ __________ placed earth at the center of the universe.
geocentric model
During ______ tides there are extremely high, high tides and extremely low, low tides.
spring
The outermost layer of the sun is the _________.
corona
________ and _________ are planets known as ice giants which contain only methane in their atmospheres.
Uranus and Neptune