Astronomy
This is the study of the universe
Astronomy
The closest planet to the Sun
Mercury
The name of the galaxy we live in
The Milky Way
The outer planets are also known as _______ giants.
Gas
A solar eclipse is when...
The Moon is between Earth and the Sun.
How long it takes for the moon to orbit the earth.
A month (or 28 days)
The moon phase that is the beginning of the cycle
A new moon
The collection of rocks between the inner and outer planets
Asteroid Belt
This Italian astronomer improved the telescope and discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons.
Galileo
The planet that is missing from this list:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune......
When the moon is getting smaller
Waning
This is what we call the moon when the illuminated side faces away from the earth
A new moon.
This Apollo mission was the first to land astronauts on the Moon.
Apollo 11
When the Earth blocks the sunlight from the moon?
Lunar Eclipse
The amount of time it takes for the earth to complete a single 360 degree rotation.
~24 hours!
Is the amount of time required for the sun to appear in the same spot in the sky after a single rotation.
A day
The largest planet in our solar system
Jupiter
Our star and the objects that orbit it, are called...
The solar system
______ are sections of the sky which contain recognizable star patterns.
Constellations
Moon light is really _____-light being ______
Sun, reflected
The first country to put a man on the moon
United States
A large chunk of ice, dirt and rocks that usually comes from the Oort Cloud in a long elliptical Orbit
The force that keeps planets orbiting the sun
Gravity
The first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
The name for the Northern lights
Aurora Borealis
This word describes a moon that is getting bigger
Waxing
The time it takes for the earth to orbit around the sun.
A year or 365 days
This famous physicist published the laws of gravity that explain why planets stay in orbit.
Isaac Newton
The color of the hottest star (think of fire)
Blue
Our Sun is a _______ sized star
Medium
The Sun is mostly made of this element, the lightest in the universe.
Hydrogen
When the moon is less than half full
A crescent
When the moon completely blocks the sun from earth
Solar Eclipse
In 1992, she became the first Black woman to travel into space.
Mae Jemison
This NASA telescope, launched in 1990, has produced some of the most famous space images ever taken.
Hubble Space Telescope
This term describes the distance light travels in one year.
A light-year
Founded in 2019, this is the newest branch of the U.S. military.
The United States Space Force
This scientist developed the three laws of planetary motion, describing how planets orbit the Sun.
Kepler
This is what we call the moon when the entire illuminated side faces the earth
Full moon
In 1983, he became the first Black man to travel into space.
Guion “Guy” Bluford