Vocabulary
Earth's orbit around the sun is in the shape of an ______.
What is Ellipse?
If we decrease the distance between objects, the gravitational force will decrease.
What is False?
Name the planets in order.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
The proper name for a Meteoroid that has landed on a planet's surface.
What is a Meteorite?
A waning moon is when the sunlight shown is increasing?
What is False?
When the Sun, Earth, and Moon create a 90 degree Angle.
What is a Neap Tide?
The two things that cause the seasons on Earth?
What is Earth's Tilt and Orbit around the Sun?
This Planet has a AU of 5.5 from the Sun
What is Jupiter?
If you thought you saw a shooting star in the sky, what did you actually see?
What is a Meteor?
What Moon Phase comes after a Full Moon?
What is a Waning Gibbous?
When the Earth is casting a shadow on the Moon causing a Blood Moon this is a _________.
What is Lunar Eclipse?
What two things affect gravitational pull between objects?
What is Mass and Distance?
Planet 1 has a AU of 1.51 from the Sun. Planet 2 has a AU of 0.39 AU from the Sun.
What is Mars and Mercury?
What are big chunks of rock that are made mostly of rock and metals found between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an Asteroid?
What Moon Phase is after a Waxing Crescent?
What is a First Quarter?
An equal amount of daylight and night time in a day due to Earth's Seasons.
What is Equinox?
What angle would Earth receive the most direct sunlight?
What is 90 degrees?
This planet is the densest planet of all 8.
What is Earth?
What are collections of ice, gas, and dust? The tail of these might be millions of miles long,
What is a Comet?
What 2 Moon Phases can occur during a Spring Tide?
What is New Moon and Full Moon?
The highest positioning the Sun can have in the sky due to Earth's Seasons.
What is Solstice?
How could you increase the strength of gravitational attraction between two objects?
What is Increase the Mass of the objects and Decrease the Distance between the objects?
Planet 1 is 1 AU from the Sun. Planet 2 is 19.2 AU from the Sun. Planet 3 is 9.6 AU from the Sun.
What is Earth, Uranus, Saturn?
These are bits of rock and metal that can come from a asteroid or comet.
What is a Meteoroid?
Name the four Moon Phases in Order after a Waning Gibbous.
What is 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon, Waxing Crescent?