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Moon/Stars
Orbital Characteristics
NASA
Vocabulary
Physical Features
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when was the moon formed?
4.5 billion years ago
100
What is the axis called that earth spins on?
North to the South pole
100
How founded NASA?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
100
Which vocabulary word goes with: the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. For most purposes Newton's laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account.
Gravity
100
What is the earths diameter?
7,918 miles
200
how is a star formed?
how is a star formed? A star is born when atoms of light elements are squeezed under enough pressure for their nuclei to undergo fusion.
200
how long does it take earth to complete its rotaion on it axis?
23.439 hours
200
Who was the first person on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
200
Which vocabulary word goes with: an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
solar eclipse
200
What is the Earth's radius?
3,959 miles
300
who discovered the north star? When?
William Herschel discovered the star in 1780
300
What causes the seasons?
What causes the seasons? the northern and southern hemispheres will sometimes point toward or away from the sun depending on the time of year, varying the amount of light they receive and causing the seasons
300
When was NASA founded?
July 29, 1958
300
Which vocabulary word goes with: a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined
constellation
300
What is the age of the earth?
4.54 billion years
400
how many phases of the moon are there?
There are eight different phases thatan observer on Earth would see during one month.
400
which month is the earth closet to the sun?
January
400
When did NASA land on the moon?
July 20, 1969
400
Which vocabulary word goes with: naturally occurring physical entities, associations or structures that current science has demonstrated to exist in the observable universe
Celestial object
400
What is the earths distance from the sun?
92,900,000 miles
500
how hot is the sun?
5,778 K
500
Is Earth a inner or outer planet?
inner
500
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
500
Which vocabulary word goes with: the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length
Equinox
500
What is the Earths Composition made of?
Earth's crust is made up of several elements: iron, 32 percent; oxygen, 30 percent; silicon, 15 percent; magnesium, 14 percent; sulfur, 3 percent; nickel, 2 percent; and trace amounts of calcium, aluminum and other