Planets
Our solar system contains this many planets.
What is 8?
At the center of our solar system you would find this.
What is the asteroid belt?
The phase of the moon where you can see the entire face of the moon.
What is a full moon?
The Earth Rotates on this.
What is an axis?
The largest planet in our solar system is this.
What is Jupiter?
The term used to describe when a planet orbits the sun.
What is a revolution?
A piece of rock that has broken off of an asteroid
What is a meteor?
When the light is on the right side and half the moon is visible it is called this.
What is a first quarter moon.
These are caused from the Earth rotating on a tilt.
What is seasons?
This type of planet has a shorter orbit and longer spin.
What is an inner planet?
Our sun is this size compared to others.
What is average size?
A meteor is also known as this, seen with a streak across the night sky.
What is a shooting star?
The number of days that it takes for the moon to complete a lunar cycle.
What is 29.5 days?
When there is an equal amount of daylight and night on a day it is referred to as this.
What is an equinox?
The year that pluto was no longer a planet?
What is 2006?
All stars start off in this stage.
What is a nebula?
Asteroids, meteors and comets all have this characteristic in common.
They are all made of leftover materials from the solar system, they all orbit the sun.
The length of time that it takes to moon to revolve the Earth.
What is 27.3 days.
Our solar system is located in this type of galaxy.
What is a spiral galaxy?
Three characteristics that make a planet a planet are these.
What is
- Orbit the sun
- Large enough mass to create gravity
- Clear Path
The name of gases that make up a star.
What is hydrogen and helium?
When the moon passes between the Earth and Sun, only occuring during a new moon.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
The Earth began this many years after the big bang?
What is 9.3 billions years after the big bang?