Earth
the length of one Earth rotation
What is 24 hours?
When the only right half of the moon appears lit up?
What is the first quarter?
When the moon directly blocks the Sun's light and the moon's shadow hits the Earth
What is a Solar eclipse?
The four other types of solar system objects
What are dwarf planets, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets?
The Sun, eight planets, and several types of smaller bodies.
What is the Solar system?
the Earth's atmosphere is made of this
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
The moon orbits around the Earth while doing what
What is rotating?
The Earth blocks the Sun's light and casts a shadow on the moon which causes the Earth's shadow to the moon.
What is a Lunar Ecclipse?
Spherical in shape, orbits the Sun on its own not another body, and has an orbital neighborhood clear of other objects
What is the characteristics of a true planet?
Inner planets that are relatively small with high densities and rocky surfaces.
What are the Terrestrial Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)?
The time that northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun
What is Summer?
The phase of the moon when the sunlight hits the back side of the moon, making it appear as there is no moon
What is the New Moon?
the gravity of the moon
What is the reason we have high and low tides?
Small rocky bodies that vary in diameter and have pitted, irregular surfaces.
What is an asteroid?
Outer planets that are relatively large with low densities and gaseous surfaces.
What are the Gas Giants?
365 1/4 days
What is the length of time it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun?
The changes in the positions of the moon, sun, and Earth that make the moon appear to change shape?
What is the phases of the moon?
When the moon is closest to that side of the Earth and the water level is up.
What is high tide?
Loose collections of ice, dust, and rocks that orbit the Sun in an eccentric path.
What is a comet?
Gravity pulled together a cloud of gas and dust to form a flat disk. The gas pulled in the center formed the Sun and further out smaller planets were formed
What is the formation of the Solar System?
The tilt of the axis relative to the Sun
What is the cause of seasons?
If you divide your weight by 7 you will get this
What is how much you would weigh on the moon?
When the moon is away from that side of the Earth and the water level is down.
What is low tide?
a meteoroid that hits the Earth
What is a meteor?
The planet that rotates vertically instead of sideways
What is Uranus?