planets
This is the planet that is closest to the sun.
Mercury
The sun is the center of this system.
Solar System?
The moon is a natural type of this that revolves around a bigger object.
Satellite
This moon phase occurs when the moon is between the earth and sun so that the dark side of the moon faces earth.
New Moon
Huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity.
Galaxy
This is the 3rd planet from the sun.
Earth
The sun is a type of this gas sphere that gives off light and heat.
A star
These are hollow pits on the surface of the moon.
Craters
When the sun light shines on more and more of the moon, we say that the moon is doing this.
Waxing
Name of our Galaxy
Milky Way
This is what all the planets have in common?
Revolve around the sun
It takes the earth 365 days to do this.
revolve (orbit) around the su
The moon's gravitational pull causes this rise and fall of the ocean.
Tides
It is during this time of day that shadows are smallest.
Midday/noon
When a planet or a moon gets in the way of the Sun’s light.
Eclipse
These are the rocky planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
This is how long it takes earth to complete one rotation.
24 hours --or one day
These are the apparent shapes of the Moon.
Phases of the Moon
These two things cause the Earth to experience seasons.
tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun
Agiant cloud of dust and gas in space.
Nebula
These are the gas giants.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What type of star is our sun?
Yellow Dwarf
Saturn
large objects made of dust and ice that orbit the Sun.
Comets
Types of satellites
Natural and artificial