Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
Space rocks made up of ice, dust, and rock.
A comet?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars have this surface
Rocky
This word means everything in space
Universe
How many phases of the moon are there?
Eight
The largest type of space rock
an asteroid?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune are made of
Gas
The name of our galaxy
Milky Way
What phase of the moon is all the moon in shadow?
New Moon
A chunk of rock in our atmosphere.
A meteor?
Our sun, all the planets, and all the space rocks make up the _____
Solar System
What type of galaxy is our solar system in?
Spiral
What moon phase has half the moon in light and half in shadow and the light is on the right?
1st Quarter
Where most asteroids are found in our solar system.
Asteroid Belt
This planet is known as Earth's twin
Venus
Where is a shadow during a solar eclipse?
On the Earth
What observations or evidence is used for the Big Bang Theory?
The universe is expanding
About how long does it take the moons phases to complete.
About 29.5 days
The hole created when an asteroid hits the Earth's surface
A crater
What does the word revolve mean?
Orbit or go around an object
Why don't we have an eclipse every full and new moons?
Because the moon's orbit is tilted
What is the name of the arm that our solar system is located on in our galaxy?
Orion
What causes the different moon phases?
The moon orbiting the Earth