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Solar
System
Moon
Earth
Astronomy
100
the path the moon takes around the sun
What is orbit
100
Earth passes through the moons shadow
What is solar eclipse
100
days and nights are the same length
What is equinox
100
When the moon looks like a half moon
What is 1st/3rd quarter
100
Why can’t we see the moon during the new moon phase?
What is the sunlit side is facing away from the Earth
200
spin on its axis
What is rotate
200
moon passes through the Earth’s shadow
What is lunar eclipse
200
marks the longest and shortest days and nights
What is solstice
200
Name 5 landforms found on the moons’ surface
What is 1) rilles 2) volcanic domes 3) maria 4) craters 5) lunar highlands
200
Draw and label the 8 phases of the moon
What is see students
300
imaginary line passing through Earth’s center at the North and South Poles
What is axis
300
planets, asteroids, and comets make this up
What is solar system
300
the length of a lunar month
What is 29.5 days
300
How does height affect crater size?
What is the higher the asteroid, the bigger the crater.
300
What causes a comet to have a tail?
What is melting vapors from the sun's energy
400
instrument that magnifies, makes larger, distant objects
What is telescope
400
The American space program that landed the first humans on the moon
What is Apollo
400
as the amount of sunlight we see reflected increases
What is waxing
400
After the full moon, we see less and less of the sunlit side
What is waning
400
How can astronauts wear spacesuits that are heavier than they are?
There is no gravity in space.
500
robot vehicle used to explore deep space
What is space probe
500
The space age began when the Soviet Union launched this into space in 1957
What is Sputnik