Interstellar Objects
This is a mixture of frozen gases, ice, dust, and rock that travels an elliptical orbit around the Sun and is known for its tail.
What is a comet?
This is the total number of moon phases in a cycle.
What is 8?
This season is experienced when an area of the globe is tilted toward the Sun.
What is summer?
Our mnemonic device to remember the order of planets tells us the mother feels ____.
What is excited?
All outer planets are made of this state of matter.
What is gas?
This is any pattern formed by a group of stars. Examples include Ursa Major, Leo, Orion...
What is a constellation?
This is a phase in which the moon appears to be half light and half dark.
What is quarter?
This season is experienced when an area of the globe is tilted away from the Sun.
What is winter?
Compared to the outer planets, the inner planets are much _____ together.
What is closer?
Although all outer planets have them, which one is known for its rings?
What is Saturn?
The name for a meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
A term used to describe the light of the moon shrinking or getting smaller.
What is waning?
What is 365?
In terms of density, the inner planets are _____ dense because they are made up of a solid surface.
What is more?
This clue might sound cheesy, but being served nachos should remind you of this planet.
What is Neptune?
A sphere of hot gases that produces its own energy, including heat and light.
What is a star?
The curved shape of both a waxing and waning moon.
What is crescent?
What is solar?
This small planet only needs 88 days to orbit the Sun.
What is Mercury?
With its extremely cold temperatures, this outer planet is also known as the "Ice Giant."
What is Uranus?
Take cover! One of these develops when a meteor strikes the Earth.
What is a meteorite?
Adjective used to describe when the light part of the moon is greater than a quarter, but less than a full.
What is gibbous?
This type of eclipse occurs whenever the Earth passes between the moon and Sun, then casts its shadow on the moon.
What is lunar?
Mars is covered in this color dust which gives it its nickname.
What is red?
This planet is home to the largest moon of the solar system.
What is Jupiter?