Small Bodies
A space object sometimes called a "dirty snowball"
What is a comet?
A key word to look for. _________ on an axis.
What is spinning?
A key word for revolution.
What is circling?
Seasons are caused by this.
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis.
The galaxy we live in.
What is the Milky Way?
A space object most frequently found between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an asteroid?
How long it takes Earth to complete one rotation.
What is 24 hours or 1 day?
How long it takes for one revolution of the Earth around the Sun.
What is 365 days/1year?
It is winter in the Northern hemisphere when the northern hemisphere is facing ________ from the sun.
Away
Unit of measure used to determine the distance between planets.
What is astronomical unit?
A space rock that burns up in the Earth's Atmosphere.
Meteor
A car tire spinning on it's access is rotation. True or False.
What is TRUE.
The shape of the Earth's orbit.
What is elliptical?
When there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night.
Equinox
Objects that orbit the sun but do not have a "clear neighborhood"
What are dwarf planets?
Pieces of space rock that actually hit the Earth's surface.
What are meteorites?
Earth's rotation controls this.
Day and Night.
Keeps the planets in place.
What is gravity.
If it is fall in the southern hemisphere what is it in the northern hemisphere?
Spring
A body of gas that gives off energy and light.
What is a star or the sun?
Small rocks floating in space
What are meteors?
3 Examples of Rotation.
Ms. Gworek will tell you if you're right =)
This planet takes the longest to revolve around the sun
What is Neptune?
The shortest day of the year.
What is winter solstice?
A moon is a natural one.
What is a satellite?