Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Phases of the Moon
Planets
Mystery
100

The Sun, the planets, and other objects that orbit the Sun

Solar system

100

A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce its own light

Planet

100

When all of the near side of the moon gets sunlight

Full moon

100

The only planet that can support life in our solar system

Earth

100

Why is the sun look brighter than other stars?

It is closer to the Earth

200

A huge ball of gases that makes its own light and heat

Star

200

Our solar system's star

Sun

200

The part of the moon that cannot be seen from Earth

The dark side

200

The planet with several large rings

Saturn

200

Why do the outer planets have more moons than the inner planets?

They have larger mass

300

A natural force that pulls objects of smaller masses towards objects with larger masses

Gravity

300

A piece of rock or metal from space that enters Earth's atmosphere

Meteor

300

A small sliver of the near side of the moon gets sunlight

Crescent

300

The planet with a large Red Spot storm

Jupiter

300

Before GPS, what was one way that people used to figure out where they were?

The position of the stars and constellations

400

When an object spins on its axis

Rotation

400

The path of an object as it circles around another object in space

Orbit

400

The letter C looks like this moon phase (the letter its the dark part of the moon)

Waxing gibbous

400

The planet that has a very thick atmosphere, making it warmer than the planet in front of it

Venus

400

Why do the stars seem to move across the sky?

Because the Earth moves

500

The movement of an object around another object

Revolve

500

A rocky object that orbits the sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter

Asteroid

500

The period when the near side gets of the moon slowly gets more sunlight (the moon starts to look bigger and bigger)

Waxing

500

The planet that spins on its side

Uranus

500

Name 4 constellations

Ursa Major (Big Dipper), Ursa Minor (Little Dipper), Orion, the Zodiac, etc