Neil Armstrong
Planets
Vocabulary
Earth's Rotation & Revolution
Moon Facts/Eclipses
100

The state that Neil Armstrong was born in

What is Ohio

100

The closest planet to the sun

What is Mercury

100

The imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North & South poles

What is AXIS

100

How long it takes Earth to revolve around the sun

What is ONE YEAR

100

It takes the moon this long to complete a full cycle from new moon to new moon

What is ONE MONTH/28 days

200

The object that Armstrong placed on the moon

What is the American Flag

200

The 4th planet from the sun

What is Mars

200

Earth's path as it revolves around the sun

What is ORBIT

200

This event occurs every 24 hours creating day and night

What is the Earth's rotation on its axis

200

This occurs when an object in space comes between the sun and another object and casts a shadow

What is ECLIPSE

300

This is the type of student Armstrong was as a child

What is:  1.  good student 2.  Did his HW  3.  listened to his teachers 3.  worked hard


300

Name Earth's two closest neighboring planets

What are:  Venus & Mars

300

The study of the moon, stars and other objects in the sky

What is ASTRONOMY

300

The reason that Earth has seasons

What is because Earth's axis is tilted as it moves around the sun

300

You can view a total solar eclipse when you are in the darkest part of the shadow called.....

What is the UMBRA

400

Armstrong was the first person to....

What is step on the MOON
400

The 6th planet from the sun

What is Saturn

400

The movement of one object around another object

What is REVOLUTION

400

The spinning of Earth on its axis

What is ROTATION

400

Name the two types of eclipses

What are:  SOLAR & LUNAR

500

Finish this quote:  One small _____ for man.  One giant _______ for mankind.

What is:  One small step for man.  One giant leap for mankind.

500

Name all the planets in the correct order

What is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto)

500

The darkest part of the moon's shadow and is cone shaped

What is UMBRA

500

The degrees that Earth's axis is tilted

What is 23.5 degrees

500
The type of eclipse you are most likely to see

What is LUNAR ECLIPSE