Vocabulary
This happens when the Earth travels around the sun in
What is revolution?
This term is used to describe when the shape of the moon begins to get smaller
What is waning?
This is another name for the sun
This planet is the only extra-terrestrial planet that can sustain life
What is the Earth?
This describes the amount of Sunlight that hits the Earth at any given time
What is half?
This is the path an object takes as it travels around a larger object
What is an orbit?
This is the phase of the moon where the Earth completely blocks our view of the moon
What is a new moon?
The sun is a type of this kind of celestial object
What is a star?
What is Saturn?
These are the dark areas that result when light is blocked
What is a shadow?
This is a type of planet that is made from rock
What is terrestrial?
This is a term used to describe the force that keeps the moon from flying off into space and to orbit the Earth in a continuous path
The sun is at the center of this and includes the planets.
What is the solar system?
What is Mercury?
It is around this time that your shadow looks short and very close to your feet.
What is noon?
This is part of a cycle where the moon looks like different shapes based on where it is in the sky
What is moon phase?
This is the name of the project where astronauts visited the moon. Famous astronauts that visited the moon include Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren
What is the Apollo Project?
What is the west?
This is the number of planets that orbit the sun
What is eight?
This term describes the length from one end of a planet to the other and goes through the middle of the planet
What is the diameter?
This is a word to describe the Earth spinning on its axis
What is rotation?
This is another name scientists use to describe the moon
What is a satellite?
The position of Earth as it revolves around the Sun determines this.
What is the seasons?
This object is called a "dwarf planet" because even though it is shaped like a planet and orbits the sun, it has rock and other particles in its path.
What is Pluto?
What is Newton's first law of motion?