Vocabulary 1
What is the main source of light at the center of our solar system?
A rocky sphere that travels around a planet is...
A moon
Is Earth colder or hotter than Mars?
Hotter
What is a model in the context of space science?
An object or diagram that simplifies something to help us understand it
During which moon phase does the Moon appear as a complete circle from Earth?
Full Moon
Which moon phase looks like exactly half a circle from Earth?
Quarter Moon
What does it mean to illuminate something?
To shine light on an object and make it visible
What is the definition of an exomoon?
A moon outside our solar system
True or False:
A "Circular Moon" is the term used when the moon looks like a full circle
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the Moon is completely dark
What is included in our solar system?
The sun, planets that orbit it, and other objects that orbit it
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
What is the terminator in relation to the Moon?
The border between light and dark on the Moon
How is a year defined in space science?
The amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star
A moon phase that looks like less than a half circle from Earth...
Crescent Moon
In science, what do we call something we observe to be similar over and over again?
A pattern
What is Ms. Horne's youngest sibling's age?
6
What does "scale" refer to in space science?
The relative size of things
Which moon phase looks like more than a half circle but less than a full circle from Earth?
Gibbous Moon
During which moon phase is the Moon not visible from Earth?
New moon
Which term describes a planet outside our solar system?
Exoplanet
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To do math.
What is an orbit in space science?
The nearly circular path a smaller object travels around a larger object
What term describes the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as seen from Earth?
Moon Phase