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Size and Scale
Rotation
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Moon Phases
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Everything that exists
What is The Universe?
100
An object spinning about a central axis.
What is Rotation?
100
An object moving around another object.
What is revolution?
100
The celestial motion responsible for moon phases.
What is revolution?
100
Direct shadow
What is Umbra?
200
A collection of rocks, dust, stars, and planets.
What is a galaxy?
200
The time it takes for an object to complete one full rotation on it's axis.
What is period of rotation?
200
The time it takes an object to circle another one time.
What is period of revolution?
200
The same side of the moon always faces earth because, for the moon, these 2 things are about the same.
What are period of rotation and period of revolution?
200
Indirect shadow.
What is Penumbra?
300
A star, and all of the objects that orbit around it.
What is a solar system?
300
The time it takes for a planet to complete one full rotation on it's axis.
What is a solar day?
300
The time it takes a planet to orbit it's star one time (two terms).
What are a solar year and an orbital period?
300
The Earth in-between the sun and the moon.
What is a full moon?
300
Moon between the earth and the sun..
What is a solar eclipse?
400
A large, spherical object orbiting a star. It may have moons or rings.
What is a planet?
400
The relationship between Solar Day and Period of Rotation.
What is they are the same?
400
The relationship between solar year and period of revolution.
What is they are the same?
400
The moon between the sun and the Earth.
What is a new moon?
400
Earth between the sun and the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
500
The order: Universe --> Galaxy --> Solar System --> Planet
What is largest to smallest?
500
This is caused by the rotational speed of a planet.
What is the length of a solar day?
500
The relationship between a planet's distance from the sun and it's orbital period.
What is as distance increases, orbital period increases?
500
Terms used to describe whether the lit portion of the moon is increasing or decreasing.
What are waxing and waning?
500
The type of eclipse that occurs during a full moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?