planets
Name three inner planets
mercury, mars, earth, venus
When the moon's shadow falls on the earth we see a _________________________________.
Solar Eclipse
The spinning of an object on its axis is called___________.
Rotation
An ______________________ is a chunk of rock or metal that orbits the sun.
Asteroid
What tool makes faraway things look bigger and clearer?
Telescope
A large body of rock or gas that orbits the sun is called a ________________________.
Planet
The moon seems to change shape because of its ________________________________.
Phases
___________________ is the movement of one object around another object.
Revolution
These are giant balls of hot glowing gases.
Stars
What is the imaginary line that runs through the earth from the north pole to the south pole?
Axis
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
When the moon looks like a lighted circle it is in this phase.
Full Moon
Earth's rotation causes _____________________.
Day and night.
The ____________________________ is made up of the sun and all the objects that orbit around it.
Solar System
Earth's tilt causes _________________________.
Seasons
list the outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Which of the following is not a phase of the Moon?
a Eclipse
b Waning Crescent
c Full
d New
Earths revolution causes _______________________.
Years.
A comet is visible in the sky when it is close to _______.
The Sun
When it is winter in the southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the northern Hemisphere?
Summer
It takes the moon about how many days to complete one full rotation on its axis?
29
What phase of the moon comes after Full Moon?
Waning Gibbous
Three revolutions of the Earth takes three ________.
Years
Why do stars seem to move across the sky?
Earth's Rotation
What do you see during a lunar eclipse?
The earth's shadow on the moon