THE MOON
On one large plain called the Sea of _________ the Apollo 11 astronauts first set foot on the moon in 1969.
Tranquility
________ is the red planet.
Mars
Shaped like the dreaded arachnid which roams the desert, the ________ weaves through the southern sky.
scorpion
the spots on the sun
sunspots
It takes only eight min for the suns ray's to travel the
93,000,000
But if the moon happens to be on the same level as the sun, a _______ _______ will occur.
solar eclipse
The four planets closest to the sun-Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars-are called the ______ planets.
inner
The Big Dipper,Little Dipper,and _______ can be seen all year.
Polaris
This sphere called the _______ is the surface layer of the sun.
Photosphere
Through this process called______ our food is made.
photosynthesis
The plains are called maria or _____, because people once thought they were large bodies of water.
seas
Venus, the ______ planet in the sky, shines with a steady, silvery glow.
brightest
The star group that we use at the starting point for locating constellations is the _____ Dipper.
Big
The _______, a vapor blanket.
corona
The _______ gives food to all living things
SUN
We say that the moon has entered the ______ ______.
crescent phase
Giant ________, the largest planet in our solar system, is large enough to swallow 1,300 planets the size of the Earth.
Jupiter
Just below the Great Bear lies the ______ (Leo)
Lion
Middle of the sun?
core
Whenever the moon travels through the earth`s shadow, the result is _______ _______.
lunar eclipse
As the moon progresses from new to full, we say that it ______, or grows larger.
waxes
______ is the second-largest planet.
Saturn
The ______ (Gemini), seen between December and May, look like two brothers holding hands.
Twins
The ______ is the innermost section of the sun.
core
When it progresses from full black to new, it _____ or grows smaller.
wanes